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Mother and Child Figure (Portrait Figure of Queen Nana of the Batufam Kingdom)
Attributed to: Mbeudjang Bamileke peoples, Cameroon, active early twentieth centuryearly 20th century
Art Gallery of Ontario
Toronto, Canada
Scholars believe this to be a portrait of Queen Nana, the wife of King Metang, who ruled the Kingdom of Batufam from 1912 to 1924. Mbeudjang, an artist from the neighbouring Kingdom of Bangwa Oriental, carved this maternity figure. It once formed part of a set of male and female figures made in honour of the new king. They stood under the roof of the verandah of the palace residence during ancestral rituals and large state festivals.
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- Title: Mother and Child Figure (Portrait Figure of Queen Nana of the Batufam Kingdom)
- Creator: Attributed to: Mbeudjang Bamileke peoples, Cameroon, active early twentieth century
- Creator Lifespan: 1901 - 1935
- Date Created: early 20th century
- Physical Dimensions: w310 x h1030 x d315 mm (Overall)
- Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Murray Frum, 2004
- Type: Unknown
- Rights: © 2011 Art Gallery of Ontario. Gift of Dr. Murray Frum, 2004
- Medium: wood with traces of polychrome
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