Object Number |
AF5119 |
Current Location |
Collections Storage |
Culture |
Bateke (uncertain) |
Provenience |
Lower Congo | Pool Malebo |
Date Made |
19th-early 20th century CE |
Section |
African |
Materials |
Wood | Animal Claw |
Iconography |
Female |
Description |
Wooden. Hands joined under chin, knees bent. Claw embedded in concretion on top of head. |
Height |
60.2 cm |
Width |
14 cm |
Depth |
11.5 cm |
Credit Line |
Purchased from Vignier, 1919 |
Other Number |
L 40 - Original Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
Fleckner, Uwe M. The Invention of the 20th Century: Carl Einstein and the Avant-Gardes. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, 2008. Page/Fig./Plate: 114-115 |
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Wardwell, Allen. African Sculpture from the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1986. Page/Fig./Plate: 95 |
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Fagg, William B. African Sculpture. The International Exhibitions Foundation, 1970. Page/Fig./Plate: 76 |
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Hall, Henry U. "Fetish Figures of Equatorial Africa." The Museum Journal 11, no. 1. (1920): 27-55. Page/Fig./Plate: 28 |
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Biro, Yaëlle. "African Art, New York, and the Avant-Garde: Exhibition Overview." Tribal Art Magazine no. 3. (2012): 10-19. See: Page 18 |
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