Sculpture
| Object Number: | 29-12-97 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Dogon |
| Provenience: | Mali |
| Section: | African |
| Materials: | Wood Iron |
| Iconography: | Woman Child |
| Height: | 57.8 cm |
| Length: | 12.7 cm |
| Width: | 13.1 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from J. Laporte, 1929 |
Description
Woman seated on stool with child. Colored black. Child appears bent across woman's body, head and feet resting on her arms. Woman's stool is supported by eight figures around central column. "Goddess of nursing"- from a fetishist sanctuary. Cult figure, perhaps the Mother Goddess, represented as a lady of rank seated in state, and wearing characteristic Dogon coiffure, lip-plug, and earrings. The figures supporting her stool are ancestors, who also receive offerings.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| African Negro Sculpture (1957 - 1957) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Imagine Africa with the Penn Museum (18 Sep 2011) | 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 |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Willett, Frank. 1971. African Art.. Thames & Hudson. pg. 288 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 196, fig. 190 | 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. 12 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue] Plass, Margaret B. 1956. African Tribal Sculpture.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 15 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Richardson, John A. Oct 1977. "Speculations on Dogon Iconography". African Arts. Vol. 11. no. 1. Actual Citation | View 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. 31 | View 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 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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