About the Artwork
Ancestor Figure
19th century
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African
Baule
Wood and pigment
Overall: 17 × 3 × 3 inches (43.2 × 7.6 × 7.6 cm)
Sculpture
African Art
Museum Purchase, Ernest and Rosemarie Kanzler Foundation Fund
2007.163
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Salefoue king
1910, gifted to Joseph Cornet. Victoria Bandeira (Lisbon)
1960, purchased by Maurice Ratton
1963, purchased by Henri Plester (Bottrop, Germnay). after 1973, acquried by Charles Lucido (Monaco). 1999, René and Denise David
2001, by inheritence to Jean David (Galerie Walu, Zurich, Switzerland)
2001, purchased by Phillip Nelson (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
2006, purchased by (Galerie Walu, Zurich, Switzerland)
2007-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Quarcoopome, Nii. “Akan Wood Sculpture.” Bulletin of the DIA 91, 1/4 (2017): p. 103 (fig. 5.26).
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Baule, African, Ancestor Figure, 19th century, wood and pigment. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Ernest and Rosemarie Kanzler Foundation Fund, 2007.163.
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