Mambila. Guardian Figure (Tadep), late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, pigment, 8 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 3 in. (21.6 x 9.5 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gerofsky, 73.9.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 73.9.1_SL3.jpg)
Mambila. Guardian Figure (Tadep), late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, pigment, 8 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 3 in. (21.6 x 9.5 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gerofsky, 73.9.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.73.9.1_print_front_bw.jpg)
Guardian Figure (Tadep)
Arts of Africa
CULTURE
Mambila
MEDIUM
Wood, pigment
DATES
late 19th or early 20th century
DIMENSIONS
8 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 3 in. (21.6 x 9.5 x 7.6 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Arts of Africa
ACCESSION NUMBER
73.9.1
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gerofsky
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Wooden ancestor figure. This figure has a heart shaped face with enlarged concave eye sockets, shelf like shoulders, a stomach and an abdomen which comes to points at their centers and enlarged feet. There are traces of white and reddish-orange coloring throughout. There are cracks throughout the genital area, stomach, left side and collar bone.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Mambila. Guardian Figure (Tadep), late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, pigment, 8 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 3 in. (21.6 x 9.5 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gerofsky, 73.9.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 73.9.1_SL3.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 73.9.1_SL3.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2014
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