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African Art
Cultural Object
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Male Figure

20th century, before 1954

Nauclea wood

16 × 4 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (40.64 × 11.43 × 12.07 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Osborn for the Linton Collection of African Art
1954.28.38
Geography: 
Democratic Republic of the Congo
or Angola
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Yaka
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 1954

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