Ancestor Figure Teke

Facts

Maker

Teke artist

Year

19th century

Material

Wood (ngasu or mulong), cloth, organic matter, pigment

Dimensions

49.1 × 12.7 × 12.7 cm

Origin

Sub-Saharan Africa

On display at

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Source

The Met

License

CC0 1.0

Attribution

Gift of Javier Peres Politis and Benoît Wolfrom, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, 2019