Figure of a chief
19th century
Place of OriginAngola
Medium/TechniqueWood and metal tacks
DimensionsHeight: 38.1 cm (15 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William E. Teel
Accession number2014.291
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1982, private collection, Santiago, Chile [see note 1]. By 1989, private collection, America [see note 2]. October 3, 2003, sold by the Galerie Walu, Zurich, to William Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2014)
NOTES: [1] As published by Marie-Louise Bastin, La Sculpture Tshokwe (Arcueil, France, 1982), p. 123, fig. 64. According to this article, in the late 19th century, the figure was taken from Angola to Portugal by M. Ferreira; however, this has not been substantiated. [2] Marie-Louise Bastin, “Mwanangana, Une effigie d’un Seigneur Tshokwe,” Arts d’Afrique Noire 72 (Winter, 1989), pp. 12-13, figs. 1-3.
NOTES: [1] As published by Marie-Louise Bastin, La Sculpture Tshokwe (Arcueil, France, 1982), p. 123, fig. 64. According to this article, in the late 19th century, the figure was taken from Angola to Portugal by M. Ferreira; however, this has not been substantiated. [2] Marie-Louise Bastin, “Mwanangana, Une effigie d’un Seigneur Tshokwe,” Arts d’Afrique Noire 72 (Winter, 1989), pp. 12-13, figs. 1-3.
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