| Object Number |
29-12-68 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Culture |
Baule |
| Provenience |
Ivory Coast |
| Date Made |
Late 19th Century |
| Section |
African |
| Materials |
Wood | Gold | Fiber |
| Iconography |
Mother | Child |
| 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. |
| Height |
44.5 cm |
| Width |
7 cm |
| Depth |
14.5 cm |
| Credit Line |
Purchased from J. Laporte, 1929 |
| Other Number |
036 - Cast Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
| "Two New Collections of African Art." The University Museum Bulletin 1, no. 1. (1930): 19-22. See: p. 20, pl. X |
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| Huss-Ashmore, Rebecca. "The Real Me :Therapeutic Narrative in Cosmetic Surgery." Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 42, no. 3. (2000): 12. See: p. 28 |
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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. 16 |
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| Plass, Margaret B. African Tribal Sculpture. The University Museum, 1956. See: p. 22 |
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| Wieschhoff, Heinrich A. "II. The Cultures of Africa." The University Museum Bulletin XI, no. 1-2. (1945): 34-72. See: p. 51, fig. 17 |
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| Curnow, Kathy. At Home In Africa: Design, Beauty and Pleasing Irregularity in Domestic Settings. Cleveland: Cleveland State University, The Galleries, 2014. See: p. 90, fig. 5-4 |
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