Unidentified

Ancestral Commemorative Figure

n.d.

Category
Culture
Boyo Peoples
Place Made
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Materials
Wood
Measurements
14 1/2 x 4 3/8 x 3 7/8 in (36.83 x 11.1125 x 9.8425 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Victor K. Kiam
Accession #
77.136
Description

Figure seated on round stool; extremely short legs; elongated torso; elbows bent; hands touching chin; puckered mouth; elongated nose; bean-shaped eyes; ridge center of high forehead; small ears; abstracted sunken cheeks.

This figure memorializes Akessa, the grandson of a chief who migrated to the current location of the Boyo Peoples.