Miniature Equestrian Figure
possibly proto-Bamana, Niger River Inland Delta, Mali, Western Africa, Africa
15-16th century
Copper alloy
Overall: 1 9/16 x 1 5/8 in. (4 x 4.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Purchased through the William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Fund
986.19.26707
Geography/Culture
Africa, Western Africa, Mali
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Figure
Classification
Africa
Not on view
Publication History
Rebecca Bailey, What Is There to Teach About Art?, Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, Volume 88, Number 8, May 1996, South Burlington: The Lane Press Inc., 1996, pp.36-45, ill. p. 42
Provenance
Collected in Bamako, Mali by Joseph Knopfelmacher and Margaret Harris Knopfelmacher (Craft Caravan Gallery), New York in 1960's-1970's; given to present collection, 1986.
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