Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Male statue from Niger (Maradi region)
Image View:
View from right side
Creator:
unknown (Nigerien sculptor)
Location:
repository: Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac (Paris, Île-de-France, France) 71.1932.47.1
Location Note:
From Africa to the Americas: Face-to-Face Picasso, Past and Present (2018 exhibition)
Date:
before 1932 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Nigerien
Style Period:
Zarma
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
wood
Technique:
carving (processes)
Measurements:
88 cm (height) x 19.5 cm (width) x 33 cm (depth)
Subjects:
human figure; rulers and leaders
Description:
Created by Zarma (Djerma or Zerma) people in the Maradi region of Niger (Republic of Niger). The Zarma language is one of the southern Songhai languages. The statue is a representation of the village chief with articulated hands attached to the arms. (Source: Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac [website]; http://www.quaibranl y.fr/en/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A3-AFRICAN-FAFFM-MS N-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Male statue from Niger (Maradi region)