Mother and Child Seated on a Carved Log
Unidentified Dan maker
early 20th century
Bronze
Overall: 5 11/16 × 4 11/16 × 4 1/8 in. (14.5 × 11.9 × 10.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Peter H. Voulkos
2001.51.34356
Geography
Place Made: Liberia, Western Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Figure
Research Area
Africa
On view
Label
Resting on a log, the child gazes lovingly into their mother’s eyes. Such sculptures, made throughout West African art history, celebrate the social and artistic value of the intimate connection between mother and child.
From the 2023 exhibition Homecoming: Domesticity and Kinship in Global African Art, curated by Alexandra Thomas, Curatorial Research Associate
Course History
First Year Student Enrichment Program – Cultures, Identities and Belongings, Colleen Lannon, Summer 2023
First Year Student Enrichment Program - Cultures, Identities and Belongings, Mokhtar Bouba, Summer 2023
Philosophy 1.11, Art: True, Beautiful, Nasty, John Kulvicki, Summer 2023
Writing 2.05, Why Write, Anyway?, Erkki Mackey, Fall 2023
Writing 5.24, Photographic Representations, Amanda Wetsel, Fall 2023
Writing 5.25, Photographic Representations, Amanda Wetsel, Fall 2023
Exhibition History
Homecoming: Domesticity and Kinship in Global African Art, Harteveldt Family Gallery, Owen Robertson Cheatham Gallery, and Northeast Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 22, 2023–May 25, 2024.
Provenance
Private collection, Germany; Wilhelm Lang [private collection], Germany, 1945-1950; Robert D. Haines [private collection], San Francisco, 1950-1976; Argonaut Book Shop, San Francisco; sold to Roger Arvid Anderson, San Francisco, September 27, 1976; given to Peter Voulkos, Oakland, California, 2001; given to present collection, 2001.
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