About the Artwork
Drum
19th century
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African
Baule
Wood, hide, and string
Overall: 51 1/4 × 9 1/2 × 8 1/2 inches (130.2 × 24.1 × 21.6 cm)
Musical Instruments
African Art
Founders Society Purchase, New Endowment Fund
1983.26
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
ca. 1958, collection of the Franklin Family
(Valerie Franklin)
1983-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Perspectives: Angles on African Art. Center for African Art. New York, 1987.
African Masterworks In The Detroit Institute of Arts. Washington and London: The Detroit Institute of Arts and Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995, cat. no. 18.
Quarcoopome, Nii. “Akan Wood Sculpture,” Bulletin of the DIA 91, no. 1-4 (2017): p. 95 (fig. 5.17a-c).
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Baule, African, Drum, 19th century, wood, hide, and string. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, New Endowment Fund, 1983.26.
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