ID: 700000098 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000098	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Equestrian Figure (statue; unknown Lower Niger; 13th/15th century; National Museum of African Art (Washington, DC, United State...; 86-12-2)

Note: Equestrian figure with a quiver slung across the back diagonally from the right shoulder down. The elaborate dress of the figure suggests ceremonial military attire, and it may represent one of the warriors who were once allies of the Malian emperor Sundjata Keita (ca. 1210-ca. 1260). Based on stylistic comparisons with similar figures, it can be tentatively dated to some time between the 13th and 15th centuries.

Titles:

Equestrian Figure (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

statue [300047600] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by subject type>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

ceramics

African art

Creation Date: 13th/15th century

Creator Display:

unknown Lower Niger [preferred,VP]

sculptor unknown Lower Niger (Lower Niger cultural designation) [500312968]

Locations:

Current: National Museum of African Art (Washington, DC, United States) [500311458] Smithsonian Institution, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 86-12-2

Credit Line: Museum purchase

Display Materials: low-fired ceramic, coarse clay with added grog (crushed pot sherds)

	terracotta (clay material) [300010669]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>)

	grog [300264869]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>)

	low firing [300264865]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, temperature-related techniques, firing (technique))

Dimensions: 70.5 x 14.9 x 19.7 cm (27 3/4 x 5 7/8 x 7 3/4 inches)

Cultures:

African (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	ancient Inland Niger Delta styles [300015768] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, African (general| continental cultures), Ancient African, Ancient West African, Mali Kingdom)

General Subject:

human figures (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	horse (species) [300250148]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Perissodactyla (order), Equidae (family), Equus (genus)) (AAT)

	equestrian [300188602]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by activity>) (AAT)

	man (male human) [300025928]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

	warrior [300261945]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in military occupations>) (AAT)

	ceremonial object [300234117]
	.....(Objects Facet, Object Genres (hierarchy name), object genres (object classifications), <object genres by function>) (AAT)

	military personnel [300025450]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in military occupations>) (AAT)

Provenance: Kassim Sidibe, Mali, 1973-1974 (equestrian) Marie Ange Ciolkowska, Paris, 1973-1974 (horse's head) Karl Heinz Krieg, Neunkirchen, Germany, 1973-1974 (fragments) Emile M. Deletaille, Brussels, 1973-1974 to 1986

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
Equestrian Figure	........ [VP]
	........ National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-) accessed 12 July 2005