Male Figure
Unknown Artist
late 1800s-early 1900s
Medium
Wood, ceramic or Formica, copper alloy, and iron alloy
Dimensions
47.5 × 14.8 × 16.3 cm
Classification
Sculpture
Department
African Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
Accession Number
2010.428
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
This sculpture played a role in ancestral worship among the Beembe people. Ancestors are held in high regard among the Beembe, and this figure is thought to represent an idealized form of a deceased individual within the ethnic group. The object is one of only two seated male Beembe figures of this size in Western institutions.