Cup Stand

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Object Number:	29-94-2
Current Location:	Africa Galleries Currently On Display
Culture:	Owo-Yoruba
Provenience:	Nigeria
Culture Area:	Owo-Yoruba
Date Made:	18th century CE
Early Date:	1700
Late Date:	1799
Section:	African
Materials:	Ivory
Iconography:	Human Figures
Height:	18.5 cm
Outside Diameter:	8.1 cm
Credit Line:	Received from various sources, pre-1929
Other Number:	054 - Cast Number

Description

Current & Past Exhibitions:

African Negro Sculpture (1957 - 1957)	View Objects in Exhibition
Iyare: Splendor and Tension in Benin's Palace Theater (01 Nov 2008 - 01 Mar 2009)	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
Africa Galleries: From Maker To Museum (16 Nov 2019)	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. 64-65, fig. 19	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. 36	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Catalogue] Plass, Margaret B. 1956. African Tribal Sculpture.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 33	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Hall, Henry U. 1926. "An Ivory Standing Cup From Benin". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 17. no. 4. pg. 415-432 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 421	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Catalogue, Exhibition] Curnow, Kathy. 2016. Iyare! Splendor and Tension In Benin's Palace Theatre.. pg. 252 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 192-193	View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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