About the Artwork
Funerary Figure
late 19th century
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African
Kongo
Wood, porcelain, resin, and black pigment
Overall: 23 1/4 × 8 3/4 × 7 1/4 inches (59.1 × 22.2 × 18.4 cm)
Sculpture
African Art
Founders Society Purchase, J. Lawrence Buell, Jr. Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Alvan Macauley, Jr. Fund, and Barbara L. Scripps Fund
2000.87
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Marc Leo Felix (Brussels, Belgium)
2000-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Kongo, African, Funerary Figure, late 19th century, wood, porcelain, resin, and black pigment. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, J. Lawrence Buell, Jr. Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Alvan Macauley, Jr. Fund, and Barbara L. Scripps Fund, 2000.87.
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