About the Artwork
Standing Figure
late 19th or early 20th century
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African
Ngoni
Carved wood, glass beads
Overall: 9 7/8 inches (25.1 cm)
Sculpture
African Art
Founders Society Purchase, Henry Ford II Fund
1983.29
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
(James Willis Tribal Art, San Francisco, California, USA)
1983-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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"Recent Acquisitions," African Arts, vol. 20, no. 2, p. 65, (ill.).
African Masterworks In The Detroit Institute of Arts. Washington and London: The Detroit Institute of Arts and Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995, cat. no. 82.
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Ngoni, African, Standing Figure, late 19th or early 20th century, carved wood, glass beads. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Henry Ford II Fund, 1983.29.
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