| Object Number |
30-46-2 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Culture |
Vili |
| Provenience |
Angola |
| Date Made |
Late 19th–Early 20th century CE |
| Section |
African |
| Materials |
Wood | Glass | Brass |
| Iconography |
Male |
| Description |
Human figure, much weathered; incrustation of kola juice on face and upper part of body. On abdomen, protruding receptacle for medicine, in the front of which is a mirror. Thickly studded with nails and other pointed iron objects. Surrounding face, remains of a grooved flange intended to hold beard. |
| Height |
104.5 cm |
| Width |
41.4 cm |
| Depth |
28.7 cm |
| Credit Line |
Purchased from Sumner Healey, 1930 |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
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| Wardwell, Allen. African Sculpture from the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1986. See: pp. 98-99, fig. 39 |
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| Dougherty, Frank. "African Sculpture, in Philadelphia Daily News." . (21 Nov 1986): 1-15. See: A13 |
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| University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Postcard: Large Wooden Figure Studded with Nails, Bakongo Tribe, Reuplic of Congo, West Africa. 19th Century. H. K. Barnett. |
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| Plass, Margaret B. "African Negro Sculpture: A Walk Through the Gallery." The University Museum Bulletin 21, no. 4. ( Dec 1957): 5-76. See: p. 75 |
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| Plass, Margaret B. African Tribal Sculpture. The University Museum, 1956. See: p. 46 |
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| Guide to the Collections, The University Museum. Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1965. See: p. 121 |
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| "Two New West African Sculptures." The University Museum Bulletin 2, no. 2. (1930): 62-63. See: p. 60, pl. X |
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