Figure

Description

Carved wooden male figure with elongated body, hands on hips, bent knees, elaborate hair style, facial and body scarification decoration and shell eyes: Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Katanga Province, Tabwa people, late 19th century

Museum reference

A.1906.257

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Figure

Production information

Unknown
Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa

Date

Late 19th century

Style / Culture

Tabwa

Materials

Wood, Shell

Physical description

Wood; pearl shell eyes

Exhibitions

• Artistic Legacies (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Artistic Legacies (29 Jul 2011 - 2018)
  National Museum of Scotland

• The Rising of a New Moon: A Century of Tabwa Art (17 Mar 1986)
  National Museum of African Art
  University of Michigan Museum of Art
  Royal Museum for Central Africa

References

1985. Roberts, Allen F. and E. M. Maurer (eds.), Tabwa. The Rising of a New Moon: A Century of Tabwa Art, The University of Michigan Museum of Art, p.232

On display

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