cma-african-art: Male figure, late 1500s or early 1600s, Cleveland Museum of Art: African ArtRealize
cma-african-art: Male figure, late 1500s or early 1600s, Cleveland Museum of Art: African ArtRealized in a very distinctive style using the lost-wax method, this figure’s cultural origin and function is limited because it was exported from Nigeria during that country’s turbulent civil war of the late 1960s. Perhaps it was once part of an altar or shrine dedicated to a guardian or tutelary spirit. Connotations of prestige and wealth may explain why copper-alloy objects were diffused across vast territory and inherited over many generations.Medium: copper alloyhttps://clevelandart.org/art/2016.57 -- source link
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