Miniature Equestrian Figure
Unidentified possibly proto-Bamana maker
15-16th century
Copper alloy
Overall: 1 9/16 × 1 5/8 in. (4 × 4.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Fund
986.19.26707
Geography
Place Made: Inner Niger Delta region, Mali, Western Africa, Africa
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Figure
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Course History
History 5.06, African and African American Studies 19.01, African and the World, Robert Zeinstra III, Fall 2024
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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