About the Artwork
Kola Nut Box
19th century
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African
Benin
Wood and metal
Overall: 9 × 4 3/4 × 14 inches (22.9 × 12.1 × 35.6 cm)
Wood and Woodcarving
African Art
Gift of Mr. Solomon Maizel
80.112
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Solomon Maizel (Wayne, New Jersey)
1980-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Bulletin of the DIA 59, no. 4 (1981): p. 110 (ill.).
African Masterworks In The Detroit Institute of Arts. Washington and London: The Detroit Institute of Arts and Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995, cat. no. 35.
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Benin, African, Kola Nut Box, 19th century, wood and metal. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. Solomon Maizel, 80.112.
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