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
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.