Female Figure for a Grave Complex
Vezo or Mahafaly people, Democratic Republic of Madagascar, Southern Africa, Africa
19th-20th century
Wood
Overall: 52 3/4 × 10 13/16 × 7 1/2 in. (134 × 27.5 × 19 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Contance and Stephen H. Spahn, Class of 1963, Blake Spahn and Kirk Spahn, Class of 1999
997.43.30357
Geography/Culture
Africa, Southern Africa, Madagascar
Period
19th-20th century
Object Name
Funerary Object
Classification
Africa
Not on view
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. 15, no. 9.
Provenance
Spahn Family; given to present collection, 1997.
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