Sculpture
| Object Number: | AF5078 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Ishan Edo (Africa) |
| Provenience: | Nigeria Benin Kingdom |
| Culture Area: | Ishan Edo (Africa) |
| Maker: | Ishan |
| Date Made: | 19th century CE |
| Early Date: | 1800 |
| Late Date: | 1899 |
| Section: | African |
| Materials: | Wood |
| Technique: | Carved |
| Iconography: | Antelope? Goat? |
| Height: | 38.4 cm |
| Width: | 10.9 cm |
| Depth: | 12.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1921 |
Description
Carved wooden goat or antelope's head originally attached to a post, apparently as head. Long cylindrical neck carved with strips of diagonal lines alternating directions. Long vertical ears carved in feather pattern.
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 |
| African Sculpture from the University Museum Collection (15 Oct 1980 - 15 Feb 1981) | 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: p. 67, fig. 21 | 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: A5, A11 | 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. 33 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue] Plass, Margaret B. 1956. African Tribal Sculpture.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 30 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Hall, Henry U. 1922. "Great Benin Royal Altar". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 13. no. 2. pg. 105-168 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 165, fig. 76 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Plass, Margaret B. 1959. "The Art of Benin". Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 1. no. 4. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 6, fig. 5 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] de la Burde, Roger. 1972. "Ancestral Ram's Heads of the Edo-Speaking Peoples". African Arts. Vol. 6. no. 1. pg. 28-34 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 33, fig. 12 | 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. 188-189 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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