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Male figure with balamwezi (the rising of the new moon) pattern
Male figure with balamwezi (the rising of the new moon) pattern

Male figure with balamwezi (the rising of the new moon) pattern

Maker Tabwa
Maker Congolese
Object number81.17.790
Exhibition HistoryNew York, New York, Museum for African Art, Memory: Luba Art and the Making of History, February 2 - September 8, 1996, 2/2-9/8/96; National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C., 10/30/96 - 1/26/97
Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions34 x 7 3/4 x 8 in. (86.3 x 19.7 x 20.3 cm)
MediumWood
Image Not Available for Male Figure
Male Figure
Burkina Faso
late 19th - early 20th century
Object number: 2004.101
Male Figure
Male Figure
Baule
19th century
Object number: 2004.105
Image Not Available for Male figure
Male figure
Ivorian
20th century
Object number: 81.17.238
Photo: Paul Macapia
Male Figure
Ivorian
19th century
Object number: 81.17.225.1
Male figure
Male figure
Mossi
Object number: 81.17.114.2
Kneeling Male Power Figure (Nkondi)
Kneeling Male Power Figure (Nkondi)
Congolese
Object number: 54.47
Photo: Paul Macapia
Seated male figure
Ivorian
Object number: 81.17.233
Bulul Male Figure (rice deity)
Bulul Male Figure (rice deity)
Ifugao, Northern Luzon
19th century
Object number: 2005.181
Male figure
Male figure
Baule
Object number: 81.17.236
Seated male figure
Seated male figure
Ivorian
Object number: 81.17.232
Male figure
Male figure
Yoruba
Object number: 81.17.615
Male figure
Male figure
Cameroon
Object number: 81.17.717