Stool
| Object Number: | AF5121 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Warua Luba Province Bantu |
| Provenience: | Belgian Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Date Made: | Late 19th Century CE |
| Early Date: | 1875 |
| Late Date: | 1900 |
| Section: | African |
| Materials: | Wood Glass Fiber |
| Height: | 42.4 cm |
| Width: | 23.2 cm |
| Depth: | 21.4 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Vignier, 1919 |
Description
The female figure supporting the this stool bears the marks of Luba identity and physical perfection, which includes scarification, an elegant coiffure, gleaming black skin, and a serene, composed attitude.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| African Negro Sculpture (1957 - 1957) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| African Sculpture from the University Museum (22 Nov 1986 - 08 Feb 1987) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Evocative Images: African Sculpture from the University Museum (Traveling version of "African Sculpture from the University Museum") ( Sep 1988 - Apr 1990) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| African Gallery (1990 - Aug 1995) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| African Sculpture from the University Museum Collection (15 Oct 1980 - 15 Feb 1981) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| African Gallery ( Aug 1995 - 11 Sep 2018) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue] Wardwell, Allen. 1986. African Sculpture from the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania.. Philadelphia Museum of Art. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 128-129, fig. 62 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Dougherty, Frank. 21 Nov 1986. African Sculpture, in Philadelphia Daily News.. pg. 1-15 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: A10 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Plass, Margaret B. Dec 1957. "African Negro Sculpture: A Walk Through the Gallery". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 21. no. 4. pg. 5-76 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 60 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue] Plass, Margaret B. 1956. African Tribal Sculpture.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 51 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Wieschhoff, H. A. 1945. "The African Collections of The University Museum: Introduction". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 11. no. 1-2. pg. 7-8 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p.17, fig. 4 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Hall, Henry U. 1923. "Notes on Some Congo and West African Woodcarvings". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 14. no. 2. pg. 101-134 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 123-124, 126, fig. 29-31 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Madeira, Percy C. 1964. Men in Search of Man: The First Seventy-Five Years of the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.. University of Pennsylvania Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 81 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Wingert, Paul S. 1948. African Negro Sculpture.. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, M.H. De Young Memorial Museum. Actual Citation | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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