Reliquary Guardian Figure
| Object Number: | 29-12-227 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Bakota |
| Provenience: | Gabon |
| Section: | African |
| Materials: | Copper Brass Wood |
| Height: | 48.7 cm |
| Width: | 22 cm |
| Depth: | 6.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from J. Laporte, 1929 |
Description
Reliquary Guardian Figure like 29-12-189. Lozenge scored with oblique lines on each side of median ridge 21.7 cm.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| 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:
| [Book] Quick, Jennifer. 2004. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. ed. 1st. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 28, fig. 22 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue] Wardwell, Allen. 1986. African Sculpture from the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania.. Philadelphia Museum of Art. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp.82-84, fig. 30c | 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: 1, A13 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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