Figure for an Mbra Shrine, Spirit Figure for a Trance Diviner
Unidentified Baule maker
about 1965-1975
Polychrome wood
Overall: 21 1/16 × 11 5/8 × 10 1/16 in. (53.5 × 29.5 × 25.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Steve Humble of Winchester, Kentucky
2008.91
Geography/Culture
Africa, Western Africa, Cote d'Ivoire
Period
20th century
Object Name
Figure
Classification
Africa
Not on view
Course History
REL 1, Patterns of Religious Experience, Elizabeth Perez, Fall 2013
Exhibition History
Art That Lives? Exploring Figural Art from Africa, Allvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 25, 2009-July 2010.
Publication History
Alexander Bortolot, Art That Lives? Exploring Figural Art from Africa, Hood Mueum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2009, ill. p. 10, no. 4.
Provenance
Originated in Kouassikouassikro, Agba Katienou region, Ivory Coast; purchased by Stephen Humble, Winchester, Kentucky, November 26, 2006; given to present collection, 2008.
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