Male Figure

ca. 12th–18th century

African Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Terracotta

Dimensions

Head: 3 1/8 × 2 1/2 × 2 7/8 in. (7.94 × 6.35 × 7.3 cm)
Body: 9 × 4 3/4 × 3 3/8 in. (22.86 × 12.07 × 8.57 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Charles D. Miller III, B.A. 1974

Accession Number

2011.38.2

Geography

Ghana

Culture

Koma

Period

12th–18th century

Classification

Sculpture

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Purchased in Accra, Ghana, from Baba Mahma Oudraegu, about 1980; Charles D. Miller III, St. James, N.Y., about 1980–2011; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed March 1, 2012), 4
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

figures (representations)

Subject

men

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