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African Art
Male Figure
20th century
Wood
17 × 4 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (43.18 × 11.43 × 11.43 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Osborn for the Linton Collection of African Art; Acc by GB 14 Dec. 1955
1955.61.15
Geography:
Cameroon
Culture:
Bamileke
Period:
20th century
Classification:
Sculpture
Provenance:
Dr. Ralph Linton, Sterling Professor of Anthropology at Yale, unknown date–1953
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Osborn donated to Yale University Art Gallery for the Linton Collection of African Art in 1955
Bibliography:
The Linton Collection of African Sculpture, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1954), no. 77, ill.
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