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Cup Stand
| Object Number: | 29-94-2 |
| Current Location: | Collections storage |
| Culture: | Owo-Yoruba |
| Provenience: | Nigeria Kingdom of Benin |
| Culture Area: | Owo-Yoruba |
| Date Made: | 19th century |
| Section: | African |
| Materials: | Ivory |
| Iconography: | Human Figures |
| Height: | 18.5cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 8.1cm |
| Credit Line: | Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
| Other Number | 054 - Cast Number |
Description
Five supporting figures. Principle wears catfish headdress and cross on breast
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| 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 Sculpture from the University Museum (22 Nov 1986 - 08 Feb 1987) | View Objects in Exhibition | |
| 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 |
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue] Wardwell, Allen. 1986. African Sculpture from the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 64-65 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation | |
| [Article] Coon, Carleton S. & Plass, Margaret. 1957. African Negro Sculpture: A Walk Through the Gallery. The University Museum Bulletin. 21 (4) Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 36 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation | |
| [Catalogue] Plass, Margaret B. 1956. African Tribal Sculpture. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 33 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation | |
| [Journal] Hall, H. U. "An Ivory Standing Cup From Benin" Vol.: Vol. XVII, No. 4. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 421 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation | |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Curnow, Kathy. 2016. Iyare! Splendor and Tension In Benin's Palace Theatre. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 192-193 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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