Mother and Child Figure for the Gwan Association

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Mother and Child Figure for the Gwan Association

Mali, circa 1279-1395
Sculpture
Wood
38 × 11 1/2 × 12 in. (96.52 × 29.21 × 30.48 cm) Mount: 39 × 12 × 12 in. (99.06 × 30.48 × 30.48 cm)
Gift of the 2013 Collectors Committee, with additional funds provided by Kelvin Davis and Bobby Kotick (M.2014.19)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Gifts on the Occasion of LACMA's 50th Anniversary. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2015.
  • Roberts, Mary Nooter. "The Inner Eye: Vision and Transcendence in African Arts." African Arts 50, no.1 (2017): 60-79.

  • Gifts on the Occasion of LACMA's 50th Anniversary. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2015.
  • Roberts, Mary Nooter. "The Inner Eye: Vision and Transcendence in African Arts." African Arts 50, no.1 (2017): 60-79.

  • "Museum News: an Important New Sculpture at LACMA." Tribal Art no.70 (2013): 66.
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