Sculpture
Object Number: | 29-12-68 |
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Current Location: | Collections Storage |
Culture: | Baule |
Provenience: | Ivory Coast |
Date Made: | Late 19th Century |
Early Date: | 1875 |
Late Date: | 1900 |
Section: | African |
Materials: | Wood Gold Fiber |
Iconography: | Mother Child |
Height: | 44.5 cm |
Width: | 7 cm |
Depth: | 14.5 cm |
Credit Line: | Purchased from J. Laporte, 1929 |
Other Number: | 036 - Cast Number |
Description
Mother seated on stool with child. Spirit Spouse " bloto bla." Woman and child. Colored black, except lower lip. Face marks: row of 5 groups of 3 scars across top of forehead, short double row between eyebrows, raised broken line surmounting group of 6 scars between eye and ear, 2 groups of small scars in square on cheek (front). Woman seated on stool supporting with clasped hands child on back.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
African Negro Sculpture (1957 - 1957) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Imagine Africa with the Penn Museum (18 Sep 2011) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Discovering the Past: Highlights from the University Museum (IBM) (20 Jun 1989 - 20 Aug 1989) | View Objects in Exhibition |
African Sculpture from the University Museum Collection (15 Oct 1980 - 15 Feb 1981) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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