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TRANSFERRED June 9, 2014
Male Figure
African, Nok peoples. Nigeria
about 500 B.C.–A.D. 200
Medium/Technique
Ceramic; terracotta
Dimensions
50.8 cm (20 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William E. Teel to the MFA for transfer to the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Accession NumberAPP.2014.224
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAfrica and Oceania
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceAugust, 1994, sold by Kofi Hassan, Kafanchan, Nigeria, to Charles Jones (dealer), Wilmington, NC [see note]; December 9, 1994, sold by Charles Jones, through Davis Gallery, New Orleans, to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequeathed by William Teel to the MFA and transferred to the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
NOTE: Although documentation that appears to authorize the export of this object from Nigeria was issued in 1994, recent correspondence from the office of the Director General, National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria, has cast doubts upon this document's authenticity.
NOTE: Although documentation that appears to authorize the export of this object from Nigeria was issued in 1994, recent correspondence from the office of the Director General, National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria, has cast doubts upon this document's authenticity.