Mansa Musa, King of Mali
Date2001
Artist
Diane Dillon
(American illustrator, born 1933)
Artist
Leo Dillon
(American illustrator, 1933–2012)
Illustration CitationMansa Musa: The Lion of Mali by Khephra Burns (Gulliver Books, Harcourt, Inc., 2001)
MediumGouache on Bristol board
Dimensionscomposition: 6 × 8 1/2 in. (15.2 × 21.6 cm)
sheet: 10 × 12 1/8 in. (25.4 × 30.8 cm)
sheet: 10 × 12 1/8 in. (25.4 × 30.8 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2021
Object number2021-65
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextMansa Musa was a 14th-century king of the Sub-Saharan empire of Mali. He was famous around the world for his immense wealth and territories, as well as the pilgrimage, or Hajj, that he took to Mecca as a devout Muslim. The artists depicted Mansa Musa here as crowned, armored, and on horseback. These traditional attributes of powerful kingship help contemporary American viewers to recognize his historical importance.There are no works to discover for this record.
