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Sailor Figure
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Sailor Figure

Artist/Maker (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola and Zambia)
Date20th century
CultureChokwe
Mediumwood and pigment
DimensionsOverall: 6 7/8 x 2 5/8 x 2 5/8 in. (17.5 x 6.7 x 6.7 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Alan Potamkin
Terms
    Object number2007.48.43
    On View
    On view
    Collections
    DescriptionDuring the Colonial Period, many artists in Africa began to make carvings of Europeans or of their own people in European clothing, especially uniforms of various kinds.
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