Statue
AF5122
From: Ghana (uncertain) | Nigeria (uncertain) | Gold Coast
Curatorial Section: African
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Object Number
AF5122
Current Location
Collections Storage
Culture
Ijo
Provenience
Ghana (uncertain) | Nigeria (uncertain) | Gold Coast
Locus
Brass (port)
Date Made
1801-1900 CE
Section
African
Materials
Wood
Iconography
Woman
Description
Seated female with large, crested coiffure. Arms rendered separately, now missing.
Height
83.5 cm
Width
12.7 cm
Depth
12.7 cm
Credit Line
Purchased from Vignier, 1919
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
Drewal, Henry J. Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diaspora . University of California - Los Angeles, Fowler Museum at UCLA, 2008. See: p. 39, fig. 17
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Anderson, Martha G., and Philip M. Peek. Ways of the River: Arts and Environment of the Niger Delta . University of California - Los Angeles, Fowler Museum at UCLA, 2002. See: p.66, fig. 2.1
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Wardwell, Allen. African Sculpture from the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania . Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1986. See: pp. 76-77, fig. 26
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Willett, Frank. African Art . Thames & Hudson, 1971. Page/Fig./Plate: 288 See: p.89, fig. 67
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Plass, Margaret B. "African Negro Sculpture: A Walk Through the Gallery ." The University Museum Bulletin 21, no. 4. ( Dec 1957): 5-76. See: p. 47
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Hall, Henry U. "Fetish Figures of Equatorial Africa ." The Museum Journal 11, no. 1. (1920): 27-55. See: p. 48, fig. 29
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Biro, Yaëlle. "African Art, New York, and the Avant-Garde: Exhibition Overview." Tribal Art Magazine no. 3. (2012): 10-19. See: p.16, fig. 11
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Guide to the Collections, The University Museum . Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1965. See: p. 115View related objects
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