Male figure

Object number81.17.114.2

Provenance[Judith Small Nash, New York]; sold to Katherine White (1929-1980), Seattle, Washington, 1964; bequeathed to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1981

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. 64-65, reproduced pl. 84 (as standing male figure).Published ReferencesRoy, Christopher D. "Mossi." Milan: 5 Continents Editions, 2015; reproduced pl. 8, p. 114.

Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company

Dimensions18 7/8 x 4 3/4 x 2 5/8 in. (48 x 12 x 6.7 cm)

MediumWood and beads