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Male Figurine-2010.434_web
This figurine is potentially from Central Africa, most likely from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cabinda, or possibly the Yombe people. It was created between the late 1800s and the early 1900s. It was carved from wood and made also with various other organic materials, metalized glass and cloth. It is unique because this figure still has its' contents intact. According to the Cleveland Museum of Art, inside the stomach cavity there are medicinal and ritualistic objects or materials that would have been believed to empower the figure as it was a host for ancestral spirits. The cloth knots and carvings represent a possible agreement or some type of social reconciliation. The height of the figure is 17cm, the width is 5.3cm and it is 7cm deep. This figurine was acquired from the Rene and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund; the accession number is 2010.434. This figure can be seen at the Cleveland Museum of Art in section 108A in Sub-Saharan art. This image is in the public domain. clevelandart.org/art/2010.434
Male Figurine-2010.434_web
This figurine is potentially from Central Africa, most likely from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cabinda, or possibly the Yombe people. It was created between the late 1800s and the early 1900s. It was carved from wood and made also with various other organic materials, metalized glass and cloth. It is unique because this figure still has its' contents intact. According to the Cleveland Museum of Art, inside the stomach cavity there are medicinal and ritualistic objects or materials that would have been believed to empower the figure as it was a host for ancestral spirits. The cloth knots and carvings represent a possible agreement or some type of social reconciliation. The height of the figure is 17cm, the width is 5.3cm and it is 7cm deep. This figurine was acquired from the Rene and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund; the accession number is 2010.434. This figure can be seen at the Cleveland Museum of Art in section 108A in Sub-Saharan art. This image is in the public domain. clevelandart.org/art/2010.434