  About the Artwork
  
  
  This majestic and dignified figure probably represents a warrior king, decked out in elaborately detailed jewelry and armed with a quiver and a distinctive type of dagger on his upper left arm. These daggers are still worn by the nomadic Tuareg people, who dominate the caravan routes crossing the Sahara Desert. It is quite possible that the warrior was originally mounted on a horse, now destroyed.
  
  
  Title
  Warrior Figure
  
  
  Artwork Date
  between 1300 and 1400
  
  Artist
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  Life Dates
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  Nationality
  
  
  
  Please note:
  Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events.
  Some definitions include:
  Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation.
  
  
  
  African
  
  
  
  Culture
  
  
  
  Please note:
  Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group.
  
  
  
  
  Mande
  
  
  Medium
  Terracotta
  
  
  Dimensions
  Including base: 21 5/8 × 9 3/4 × 7 1/2 inches (54.9 × 24.8 × 19.1 cm)
  Overall: 16 3/4 × 9 3/4 × 7 inches (42.5 × 24.8 × 17.8 cm)
  
  
  Classification
  Sculpture
  
  
  Department
  African Art
  
  
  Credit
  Founders Society Purchase, Eleanor Clay Ford Fund for African Art
  
  
  
  Accession Number
  
  
  
  This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection.
  Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings.
  For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups.
  
  
  
  78.32
  
  
  Copyright
  This work is in the public domain.
