logo
Open today 10 am – 5 pm

Headdress

Object Number:29-12-125
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Bambara
Provenience: Mali
Section:African
Materials:Wood
Height: 75.5 cm
Width: 18 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from J. Laporte, 1929
Other Number:172 - Other Number

Description

Conventionalized antelope in wood, the upper portion of a mask headdress representing this animal

Current & Past Exhibitions:

African Negro Sculpture (1957 - 1957) View Objects in Exhibition
Africa Galleries: From Maker To Museum (16 Nov 2019) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[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. 6, fig. 1View 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. 15View 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 : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 29View 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 CitationView Objects related to this Actual Citation

You may also be interested in these objects:


Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.