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collected before 1885

Wood

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Reverend Josiah Tyler

13.25.885

Geography

Place Made: South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa

Period

19th century

Object Name

Furniture

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Course History

AAAS 11, Introduction to African Studies, Naaborko Sackeyfio, Spring 2013

ARTH 16.2, Picasso: The Vollard Suite, Michael R.Taylor, Fall 2013

SART 16/SART 21/SART 73, Sculpture 1/2/3, Matt Siegle, Winter 2020

Studio Art 21.01, Studio Art 73.01, Sculpture II, Sculpture III, Matt Siegle, Winter 2024

Exhibition History

Evolving Perspectives: Highlights from the African Art Collection at the Hood Museum of Art, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2013-April 6, 2014.

Publication History

Barbara Thompson, "The African Collection at the Hood Museum of Art," African Arts, Volume XXXVII, No. 2, Los Angeles: African Studies Center, University of California, 2004, ill. p. 16.

Provenance

Collected by Reverend Josiah Tyler (1823-1895), D. D., Missionary to the American Board, Natal, South Africa; given to present collection, 1885.

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