id:			152343
accession number:	1985.199
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.199
updated:		2025-03-08 13:06:03.058000

Male Figure, possibly 1300s–1600s. Africa, West Africa, Mali, probably Djenné-Djenno, Inland Niger Delta culture-style maker. Terracotta; overall: 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1985.199

title:				Male Figure
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creation date:			possibly 1300s–1600s
creation date earliest:		1300
creation date latest:		1600
current location:		108A Sub-Saharan
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Africa, West Africa, Mali, probably Djenné-Djenno, Inland Niger Delta culture-style maker
technique:	Terracotta
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA 1986: "Year in Review 1985," Bulletin 73 (February 1986), no. 170, p. 69, repr. p.64.', 'opening_date': '1986-02-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Michael Oliver, Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1985
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1985–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Henry John Drewal. 1989. <em>African Art : A Brief Guide to the Collection : The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Museum, fig. 1.
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>CMA Handbook</em>, 199b, p. 32.
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	Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1985.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 73, no. 2 (February 1986): 26–71.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 64; Mentioned: p. 69, no. 170
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159930

	Petridis, Constantijn. <em>South of the Sahara: selected works of African art. </em>Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2003.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. 1, p. 32 - 33
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