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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2017.
Ancestral Figure
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2017.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2017.

Ancestral Figure

Artist Dogon peoples (Malian)
DateEarly- to mid-20th century
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall: 20 in. (50.8 cm)
ClassificationsAfrican art
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.2387
Terms
  • Ancestor figure
  • Mali
  • Africa
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On View
On view
DescriptionStanding figure of wood.

Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Face Mask
Dogon peoples
Early- to mid-20th century
Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Face Mask
Dogon peoples
Early- to mid-20th century
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Togu Na House Post
Dogon peoples
Early- to mid-20th century
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS 5D Mark II digital slr-2009.
Male Figure
Teke peoples
Early- to mid-20th century
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Reliquary Guardian Figure
Kota peoples
Early- mid-20th century
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Funerary Figure
Bangwa peoples, Cameroon grassfields
Early- to mid-20th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Tumba (Funerary Figure)
Basundi Peoples (Zaire)
19th century-20th century
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Female Figure
Baule peoples
Early- to mid-20th century
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2023.
Shrine Figure
Edo peoples
Early- to mid-20th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Male Figure
Bembe peoples
Early- to mid-20th century
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2020.
Reliquary Guardian Figure
Kota peoples
Early- mid-20th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Divination Figure
Luba peoples
Early- to mid-20th century
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