Allegorical Figure of "Africa"
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1770
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Berlin, German, established 1763
label: Modeler
content: Wilhelm Christian Meyer, German, 1726 - 1786
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: " Africa" standing male figure, black, wearing tunic with feather belt and collar, and feather headdress, and holding bow: attended by monkey, holding quiver with arrows; square pedestal.
place: label: Place
content: Germany
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1960-1-44-c
objectType: label: Type
content: ceramics
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: figure
label: Type
content: figure
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 31.5 × 12.5 × 11 cm (12 3/8 × 4 15/16 × 4 5/16 in.)