Power Basket
Unidentified Yoruba, African-American Diaspora maker
20th century
Iron, basketry, horn, bone, fur, shell, hide, wood, and string
Overall: 25 13/16 × 20 7/8 × 19 1/2 in. (65.5 × 53 × 49.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Purchased through the William B. and Evelyn F. Jaffe (58, 60, & 63) Fund
995.54.30220
Geography/Culture
Africa, Western Africa, Nigeria
Period
20th century
Object Name
Basket
Classification
Africa
Not on view
Course History
REL 14, AAAS 18, Introduction to African Religions, Robert Baum, Spring 2014
REL 17, AAAS 83.5, African Religions of the Americas, Elizabeth Perez, Fall 2013
HIST 16, AAAS 12, Black America to the Civil War, Rashauna Chenault, Winter 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
ANTH 17, The Anthropology of Health and Illness, Sienna Craig, Spring 2012
REL 53, Religion, Healing and Medicine, Elizabeth Perez, Winter 2012
Exhibition History
Works from the Continent of Africa, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2019-March 15, 2020.
Resonances of Power, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 12, 1998-February 28, 1999.
Exhibited with Divine Inspiration: From Benin to Bahia, Photographs by Phyllis Galembo, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 17-April 21, 1996.
Critical Faculties: Teaching with the Hood's Collections, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 15-March 13, 2005.
Anthropology of Religion, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 48, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 30-May 2, 2004.
Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 19, 2002-February 16, 2003.
Provenance
Gallery DeRoche, San Francisco, California (lot 31); sold to present collection, 1995.
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