Janiform figure (Saki Matwe Matwe - or Mr. Many-Heads)
Maker
Congolese
Object number81.17.864
Exhibition HistoryCleveland, Ohio, Cleveland Museum of Art, African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection, July 10 - Sept. 1, 1968 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Museum, Oct. 10 - Dec. 1, 1968). Text by William Fagg. Cat. no. 272, reproduced.
Los 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. 119-20, reproduced pl. 157 (as janiform figure).Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions4 1/2 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (11.43 x 4.45 x 3.81 cm)
MediumWood
Object number: 81.17.862
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Object number: 68.81
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