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Description:
This figure of a seated drummer has lost its original base. The elongated ovoid head and coiffure is typical of Mangbetu style, and the large ears sit high up on the side of the head. Facial features show cowrie-shaped eyes and full lips, unfortunately the nose has been damaged. The figure shows square shoulders, with tapering torso and hands resting on the top of the drum, which sits between the figure's legs. The body of the drum is patterned in a basket-weave effect. The figure wears a waisted loin cloth. The wood is a mid-brown colour and displays a high sheen.
Source: Helen Coleman
| Object details | |
|---|---|
| Type of object: | Figure |
| Type category: | Sculpture in the round |
| Material: | Unspecified wood |
| Width: | 98 mm |
| Height: | 250 mm |
| Depth: | 76 mm |
| Origin | |
| Style/Period: | Helen Coleman |
| Date range: | 1900-1999 CE |
| Discovery site: | Helen Coleman |
| Environment: | |
| Creator | |
| Technique: | |
| Personal name: | - |
| Role: | - |
| Culture: | Mangbetu |
| Record data | |
| Artworld id: | 10004 |
| Current accession number: | UEA 249 |
| Former accession number: | - |
| Credit line: | Figure of drummer. Central and east Africa, Northern Congo: Mangbetu. 20th century. Wood, reddish brown patination. h. 25.0 cm. Acquired 1972. UEA 249 |
| Recorded by: | PC |
| Record date: | Sun, 2nd Jun 2002 |
| Copyright: | Copyright© by the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, UEA, Norwich, 2002. All Rights reserved |