Mumuye Figure, Nigeria
igalagana
Wood with black patina and kaolin highlights, fiber cordage
Height 25 1/2in (65cm)

Provenance
English Private Collection
New York Private Collection

With its stylized head with large ears, broad shoulders and the body in a slightly curved dancing stance with the arms enveloping the trunk, this figure probably comes from the same workshop as a figure in the DeYoung Museum, Fine Art Museum of San Francisco (1996.12.20), donated by Dr. Michael R. Heide and illustrated in Mary Nooter Roberts and Allen Roberts, The Shape of Belief: African Art from the Dr. Michael R. Heide Collection, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, 1996, p. 60, fig. 18.

Chips to edges of each ear and chin; abrasions to surface primarily along edges; minor nicks and scratches consistent with age and use within the culture. Custom mount.