Carved wooden figure of a standing person with a tall pointed hat, holding a branch-like staff against a gray background.

Portrait Figure of Metang, 10th King of Batufam

A carved wooden standing figure with an elongated body and a tall, pointed hat-like headdress, one hand resting on the torso and the other gripping a long branch-like staff at its left side. Smooth, weathered brown wood shows incised detail at the face and neck, with a round ornament at the waist against a plain gray studio backdrop.

Artist: Bamileke
Date: c. 1912-1914
Medium: Wood and pigment with traces of chalk and camwood
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 2105 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1919).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Major Acquisitions Centennial Endowment

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