Male Figure

possibly 1300s–1600s Overall: 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.199

Figures like this would have been used in rituals by the ancestors of the present-day inhabitants of the Inland Niger Delta. Representing the gods and kings or queens associated with the region’s former residents, the figures received prayers and offerings in exchange for thei...

Sculpture

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1985.199
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