Gwantigi

Bamana numu (blacksmith)

15th–17th century

Medium

Wood

Classification

Wood-Sculpture

Dimensions

H. 35 1/2 in. × W. 9 in. × D. 13 1/2 in. (90.2 × 22.9 × 34.3 cm) Other ((F)): 9 in. × 10 3/8 in. (22.9 × 26.4 cm) Other ((Lance)): 44 in. (111.8 cm)

Culture

Bamana peoples

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing

Credit line

Gift of John and Evelyn Kossak, The Kronos Collections, in honor of Martin Lerner, 1983

Rights

Public domain (Open Access, 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

View at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Sculpture
• People
• 1500s
• Mali