Paket Kongo
Unknown Haitian, Haitian
before 1966 (collected in 1966)
Feathers, fabric thread, glass beads, sequins, glass bottle with unknown contents
Overall: 15 3/4 × 4 1/8 × 3 15/16 in. (40 × 10.5 × 10 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Micaela and Jack Mendelsohn, Class of 1956
2005.7.5
Geography
Place Made: Haiti, Caribbean, Central America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 17, The Anthropology of Health and Illness, Sienna Craig, Spring 2012
REL 53, Religion, Healing and Medicine, Elizabeth Perez, Winter 2012
ANTH 50, AAAS 88, LACS 50, Haiti at the Crossroads, Chelsey Kivland, Spring 2013
ANTH 17, The Anthropology of Health and Illness, Sienna Craig, Spring 2012
ANTH 17, The Anthropology of Health and Illness, Sienna Craig, Spring 2012
REL 17, AAAS 83.5, African Religions of the Americas, Elizabeth Perez, Fall 2013
ANTH 50.4, AAAS 88.5, LACS 50.2, Race, Power, and Development in Global Haiti, Chelsey Kivland, Fall 2013
Art History 20.04, Faith and Empire, Beth Mattison, Spring 2023
Exhibition History
Celebrating Twenty Years: Gifts in Honor of the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 11-December 12, 2005.
Publication History
Katherine W. Hart et al., Celebrating Twenty Years: Gifts in Honor of the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2005, pp. 68, ill. p. 69, cat. no. 27.
Provenance
Jack and Micaela Mendelsohn, Washington, D.C.; given to present collection, 2005.
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