About the Artwork
Funerary Head
between 19th and 20th century
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African
Mossi
Stone
Including base (mount): 10 1/8 × 5 1/2 × 5 1/2 inches (25.7 × 14 × 14 cm)
Sculpture
African Art
Gift of Justice and Mrs. G. Mennen Williams
74.219
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Provenance
Justice and Mrs. G. Mennen Williams
1975-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Bulletin of the DIA 54 (1975): p. 89 (ill.).
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Mossi, African, Funerary Head, between 19th and 20th century, stone. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Justice and Mrs. G. Mennen Williams, 74.219.
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