Man Carrying a Rifle, from a shrine group

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Title	Man Carrying a Rifle, from a shrine group
Artist	Kwaku Benpoh
Date	first half 20th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Medium:

Sculpture | Wood

Size:

15 3/16 x 5 5/8 x 9 1/4 in. (38.6 x 14.3 x 23.5 cm)

Creation Place:

Africa, Ghana, West Africa region

Culture:

Asante, Africa, Ghana, West Africa region

Style:

20th century

Inscriptions:

Sticker 'E', on blue sticker, on bottom

Physical Description:

barefooted standing man wearing short pants and a belt with a knife sheath; holding a small cylindrical keg on his head with PR hand and rifle over his PL shoulder, with PL hand on rifle butt

Credit:

Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; The William Hood Dunwoody Fund and gift of funds from N. Bud and Beverly Grossman

Accession Number:

99.166.4

Artist:

Kwaku Benpoh, d.1936

Role:

Maker

Nationality:

, Ashanti

Life Dates:

d.1936

Added to Site:

February 28, 2009

Man Carrying a Rifle, from a shrine group

Kwaku Benpoh

first half 20th century