Details
| Artist | Baule, African |
|---|---|
| Title |
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| Date | 19th century |
| Medium | wood, hide, and string |
| Dimensions | Overall: 51 1/4 × 9 1/2 × 8 1/2 inches (130.2 × 24.1 × 21.6 cm) |
| Credit Line | Founders Society Purchase, New Endowment Fund |
| Accession Number | 1983.26 |
| Department | Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas |
| On View | African N101, Level 1 (see map) |
Provenance
ca. 1958, collection of the Franklin Family;
(Valerie Franklin);
1983-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
(Valerie Franklin);
1983-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
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).
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).