Figure, 1900s
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Figure

1900s

Medium
Wood, glass beads, cloth, thread, and cowrie shells
Classification
Sculpture
Dimensions
Overall: 50 x 13 x 10 cm (19 11/16 x 5 1/8 x 3 15/16 in.)
Culture
Africa, Central Africa, Cameroon, Grassfields region, unidentified maker
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art, African Art
Credit line
The Nina M. Traub Trust
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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About this work

The beads on this sculpture were imported, likely from Venice or Bohemia (now called the Czech Republic).