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Male "Child-Caller" Figure

Male "Child-Caller" Figure

Gallery Location

Not currently on view

Unknown

Artist/Maker
Unknown (Cameroonian, Dowayo People)
Title
Male "Child-Caller" Figure
Date
around 1960-1970
Material & Process
Wood, horn, cowrie shells, leather, bone, seed pods, and glass beads
Dimensions
17 1/8 x 6 5/8 x 3 1/2 in. Overall
Credit
J. David and Laura Seefried Horsfall Endowment Fund purchase
Inventory No.
2001.7
Classification
Sculpture
Location
Cameroon

Related

  • Exhibition gallery guide, "Revealing Forms: African Art from the Elvehjem Collection." 2002.

  • Revealing Forms: African Art from the Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/20/2002–6/16/2002

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