ClassificationsAfrican Art
Figure, Possibly Tadep
Possible OriginCameroon, Africa
Possible OriginNigeria, Africa
CultureMambila
Date20th Century
MediumClay
Credit LineEx coll. William S. Arnett
Dimensions3 3/4 x 9 7/16 in. (9.5 x 24 cm)
Object number1994.004.573
Exhibition HistoryCameroon: An Exhibition of African Art from the Collection of William and Robert Arnett, Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina, January 16 - March 20, 1977Three Rivers of Nigeria: Art of the Lower Niger, Cross, and Benue from the Collection of William and Robert Arnett, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, 1978
Published ReferencesMarcilene K. Wittmer, Cameroon: An Exhibition of African Art from the Collection of William and Robert Arnett (Charlotte: Mint Museum, 1977), 53, number 87.
Marcilene K. Wittmer and William Arnett, Three Rivers of Nigeria: Art of the Lower Niger, Cross, and Benue (Atlanta: The High Museum of Art, 1978), 108, number 252.
ProvenanceEx coll. William S. Arnett (1939-2020), Atlanta, Georgia, from at least 1977.
Status
Not on viewCollections
- African Art
late 19th-early 20th Century
20th Century
20th Century
ca. 4500-4000 BCE
20th Century
100 BCE-500 CE