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Male Figure
Male Figure

Male Figure

about 500 B.C.–A.D. 200
Medium/TechniqueCeramic; terracotta
Dimensions50.8 cm (20 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William E. Teel to the MFA for transfer to the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Accession numberAPP.2014.224
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceAugust, 1994, sold by Kofi Hassan, Kafanchan, Nigeria, to Charles Jones (dealer), Wilmington, NC [see note]; December 9, 1994, sold by Charles Jones, through Davis Gallery, New Orleans, to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequeathed by William Teel to the MFA and transferred to the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

NOTE: Although documentation that appears to authorize the export of this object from Nigeria was issued in 1994, recent correspondence from the office of the Director General, National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria, has cast doubts upon this document's authenticity.
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