Malagan Figure
Artist
Unknown
Dateearly 20th century
MediumWood, raffia, sea shells, and paint
DimensionsH. 92 1/2 in. (235.0 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina
Object number78.1.2
On View
Not on viewPublished ReferencesSupplement a la Gazette des Beaux-Arts no. 257 (April 1979), illus. 51.
Edgar Peters Bowron, ed., Introduction to the Collections (Chapel Hill: published for the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, by The University of North Carolina Press, 1983), illus. (b-w) 78.
Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (b-w) 65.
Mary Ellen Soles, entry for Memorial Carving (Malanggan), in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, Rebecca Martin Nagy, ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1998), 47, 48-49, illus. (color) 48, detail (color) 49.
Rebecca Martin Nagy, "New Galleries for the African, Ancient American, and Oceanic Collections," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview and Calendar of Events (January/February 2000), illus. (b-w) 8.
Mary Ellen Soles, entry for Memorial Carving (Malanggan), in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), 104, illus. (color) 105.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions,” December 14, 1978-January 28, 1979.
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