Male figure (iagalagana)
Male figure (iagalagana)
Male figure (iagalagana)
Male figure (iagalagana)

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Male figure (iagalagana),

20th century

Mumuye artist
1998-576

Information

Title
Male figure (iagalagana)
Dates

20th century

Maker
Mumuye artist
Medium
Wood and paint
Dimensions
h. 72.5 cm., w. 13.5 cm., d. 12.2 cm. (28 9/16 x 5 5/16 x 4 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of John B. Elliott, Class of 1951
Object Number
1998-576
Place Made

Africa, Nigeria

Culture
African, Mumuye
Type
sculpture
Materials
wood, paint
Techniques
carving, painting (coating)
Subject
men, spirits (beings)

[Philippe Guimiot (1927-2021), Brussels, Belgium, collected in Douala, Cameroon, 1968-69] [1]. John B. Elliott, New York, NY by 1989 [2]; bequeathed to the Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ, 1998.

[1] P.G.-40 in Philippe Guimiot photographic archives, published in Bernard de Grunne, Mumuye (Brussels: Bernard de Grunne Tribal Fine Arts, 2023), 120.

[2] John B. Elliott donor files, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ.

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