About the Artwork
Ancestral Male Figure
18th or 19th century
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Oceanian
Maori
Wood and abalone shell
Overall: 36 inches (91.4 cm)
Sculpture
Oceanic Art
Founders Society Purchase, Laura H. Murphy Fund
54.185
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
(Julius Carlebach)
1954-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Maori, Oceanian, Ancestral Male Figure, 18th or 19th century, wood and abalone shell. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Laura H. Murphy Fund, 54.185.
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