Detail View: The AMICA Library: Male Figure
|
AMICA ID:
|
CMA_.1987.62
|
|
AMICA Library Year:
|
2003
|
|
Object Type:
|
Sculpture
|
|
Creator Nationality:
|
Africa, Cameroon, Bangwa, early 20th Century
|
|
Creator Name-CRT:
|
Africa, Cameroon, Bangwa, early 20th Century
|
|
Title:
|
Male Figure
|
|
Title Type:
|
Primary
|
|
View:
|
Full View
|
|
Creation Date:
|
c. 1900
|
|
Creation Start Date:
|
1859
|
|
Creation End Date:
|
1905
|
|
Materials and Techniques:
|
wood
|
|
Classification Term:
|
Sculpture
|
|
Style or Period:
|
Africa, Cameroon, Bangwa, early 20th Century
|
|
Dimensions:
|
Overall: 92.1cm x 20.3cm
|
|
AMICA Contributor:
|
The Cleveland Museum of Art
|
|
Owner Location:
|
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
|
|
ID Number:
|
1987.62
|
|
Credit Line:
|
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
|
|
Rights:
|
|
|
Context:
|
Male figures embellished the grave shrines inside the palaces of the grassland kingdoms of Cameroon. Accessories such as coiffure, drinking horn, staff or pipe indicate high status and activities. The thrust of the jaw, the flexed arms and legs, the muscularity of the thighs and calves, and the vigorous qualities of volumes and surface textures distinguish the expressive, dynamic style of Bangwa sculptors.
|
|
Related Image Identifier Link:
|
CMA_.1987.62.tif
|