House Post
School of Agunna of Oke-Igbira, Yoruba
early 20th century
Iroko wood
Overall: 68 × 8 11/16 × 9 3/8 in. (172.7 × 22 × 23.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through a gift from Mr. and Mrs. Raphael Bernstein, the William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Fund, a gift from Winslow Martin, Class of 1944 and gift of Dorothea Litzinger and John W. Thompson, Class of 1908, by exchange
988.6.26923
Geography
Place Made: Nigeria, Western Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Building Component
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 57, Origins of Inequality, Alan Covey, Winter 2013
ARTH 7, Learning from Dartmouth: Lessons in Visual Culture, Marlene Heck, Winter 2013
ARTH 85, Senior Seminar in Theory and Method, Mary Coffey, Fall 2014
ANTH 3, Intro to Cultural Anthropology, Sienna Craig, Winter 2019
Exhibition History
Correspondences: African Sculpture at the Hood Museum of Art Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 12, 1996-March 2, 1997.
Critical Faculties: Teaching with the Hood's Collections, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 15-March 13, 2005.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California.
Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 3-July 15, 2001.
Objects and Power: Manifestations of Inequality, a student curated exhibition, Professor Alan Covey, ANTH 57, Winter 2013, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 10-August 25, 2013.
Point of View: Africa on Display?, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 1, 2003-February 22, 2004.
Publication History
Dean, Stephanie. "The Mother's Voice", A Video Tape Presentation for partial requirement of MALS Degree, Dartmouth College
Provenance
Harry A. Franklin Gallery, Beverly Hills, California; sold to present collection, 1988.
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