File:Clevelandart 2010.428.jpg
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[edit]Male Figure
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Male Figure |
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wooden sculpture / sculpture  |
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This object is one of only two seated male Beembe figures of such a size preserved in the West; the other is in the Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zurich, Switzerland. They could have represented revered ancestors and functioned in a cult in their honor, but we lack any primary information to support such hypotheses. A field photograph taken in 1926 by a Swedish missionary shows a third sculpture of the same size caringly held by a Beembe man standing in front of what may be an ancestral shrine. Because it lacks the typical abdominal scarifications, it is not impossible that the Delenne figure was originally dressed with fabrics and other accoutrements covering its torso and legs, which would also account for its scuffed and unfinished state. This sculpture played a role in ancestral worship among the Beembe people. Ancestors are held in high regard among the Beembe, and this figure is thought to represent an idealized form of a deceased individual within the ethnic group. A 1926 photograph shows this sculpture, along with two others, in front of an ancestral shrine. |
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| Date | 1880 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Wood, ceramic, copper alloy, iron alloy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Overall: 47.5 x 14.8 x 16.3 cm (18 11/16 x 5 13/16 x 6 7/16 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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African Art |
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2010.428 |
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| Place of creation | Central Africa, Republic of the Congo, Beembe people | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.428 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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The three-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with copyright terms of life of the creator plus 70 years or less. The creation of photographic reproduction of this object, however, generates a new copyright and an additional statement should be provided to indicate the copyright status of the image.
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This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. |
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This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project with the Cleveland Museum of Art. See the Open Access at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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