<I>Father in Time</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2023
name: label: Created by
content: Matthew Angelo Harrison, American, born 1989
notes: label: Description
content: An African wooden statue of a male figure, originally of the Baule people, encased in tinted polyurethane resin (a) with an acrylic base (b) and aluminum stand (c).
label: Description
content: The male figure is nude with two mouths and a double pointed beard. The figure is in a traditional pose with his knees bent and his hands in front of him. The figure has carved designs throughout: two rows of squares at the top of the head, under the hairline and between the eyes and ears; two squares on the front of the neck and the back of each leg; multiple lines of circles on the back of the neck and along the front and back of the torso. The back of the statue is cut at the base. It has been encased within resin in a rectangular shape with eight, smooth concave ellipses at the top and bottom of each side.
label: Description
content: The statue rests on a clear, rectangular acrylic base that sits on a square, silver aluminum stand with four legs.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: Art
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2024.26abc
objectType: label: Type
content: statues
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Matthew Angelo Harrison
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wood and polyurethane resin with acrylic and aluminum
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Sculpture): 24 × 9 9/16 × 8 1/4 in. (61 × 24.3 × 21 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Stand): 39 15/16 × 14 1/8 × 10 15/16 in. (101.4 × 35.9 × 27.8 cm)