Seated Male, between 19th and 20th century

  • Fang, African

Wood and pigment

  • Overall: 22 1/2 × 4 3/8 × 4 1/4 inches (57.2 × 11.1 × 10.8 cm) Including base (mount): 24 inches (61 cm)

Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill

70.90

On View

  • African, Level 1, North

Department

African Art

estate of Robert H. Tannahill [1893-1969]

1970-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Detroit Collects African Art. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, April 21-May 29, 1977, no. 129 (ill.). Arts & Crafts in Detroit. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, November 26, 1976-January 16, 1977, no. 285, p. 211. African Masterworks In The Detroit Institute of Arts. Washington and London: The Detroit Institute of Arts and Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995, cat. no. 51.

Fang, African, Seated Male, between 19th and 20th century, wood and pigment. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill, 70.90.