Male Figure
Unidentified Bamileke maker
not dated
Wood and camwood powder
Overall: 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection
996.25.30258
Geography
Place Made: Grassfields region, Cameroon, Central Africa, Africa
Period
19th century
Object Name
Figure
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Exhibition History
Expressions of Cameroon Art, The Franklin Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Los Angeles, California, February 1-November 15, 1986; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, June 1-September 6, 1987; Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 5, 1987-January 3, 1988; Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio, June 6-September 4, 1988; Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan, October 3, 1988-January 8, 1989; Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, California, October 7-December 31, 1989; California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, June 5, 1989-Janauary 9, 1990.
Works from the Continent of Africa, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2019-March 15, 2020.
Publication History
Tamara Northern, Expressions of Cameroon Art, The Franklin Collection, Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Rembrandt Press, 1986, p. 18, no. 5.
Provenance
Acquired by Harry A. Franklin (1904-1983), Los Angeles, California, date unknown; bequeathed to the Harry A. Franklin Family Collection, Los Angeles, California, 1983; lent to present collection, 1996; given to present collection, 2001.
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