Offering stand
Label TextIn contrast to the calm dignity of the Kom nobleman nearby, this squat figure is subsumed by his task-he ends up with no neck and with legs pooling around his hefty torso. Above him, a stand once held a calabash of palm wine, a drink specially offered during ceremonies.
Object number81.17.726
Exhibition HistoryLos Angeles, California, Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, African Art in Motion: Icon and Act, Jan. 20 - Mar. 17, 1974 (Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, May 5 - Sept. 22, 1974). Text by Robert Farris Thompson. No cat. no., pp. 92, 95, reproduced pl. 128 (as figure supporting stand).Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions12 7/16 x 10 7/8 x 10 3/16 in. (31.6 x 27.7 x 25.9 cm)
MediumWood
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