Seated Prisoner
Date11th/16th Century
Dimensions6 × 6 × 5 inches (15.24 × 15.24 × 12.7 cm)
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund
Object number80.111
ClassificationsSculpture
Curator NotesNude figure, seated on the ground, knees drawn up near the chest, right cheek resting on its arms which are crossed over the knees. There is a double band around the ankles. Three parallel, vertical, zigzag ridges run up its back, and a similar zigzag ridge goes over the top of its head. Figure has three bracelets on its left wrist and is colored with traces of smoky gray, dull orange and tan mottling.
On View
On viewLocations
- Exhibition Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Level 2, African, Gallery 1
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