Figures
Unidentified Igbomina Yoruba maker
19th century
Wood, cowrie shells, hide, and fiber
Overall: 22 1/2 in. (57.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection; Partial gift of Valerie Franklin in honor of Tamara Northern and partial purchase through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
999.57.30293
Geography
Place Made: Nigeria, Western Africa, Africa
Period
19th century
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact: Staff
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Course History
AAAS 11, Introduction to African Studies, Naaborko Sackeyfio, Spring 2013
ARTH 16.2, Picasso: The Vollard Suite, Michael R.Taylor, Fall 2013
REL 17, AAAS 83.5, African Religions of the Americas, Elizabeth Perez, Fall 2013
Exhibition History
African Art: A Teaching Exhibition, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 44, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 31-December 6, 1998.
Celebrating Twenty Years: Gifts in Honor of the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 11-December 12, 2005.
Correspondences: African Sculpture at the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 12, 1996-March 2, 1997.
Evolving Perspectives: Highlights from the African Art Collection at the Hood Museum of Art, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2013-April 6, 2014.
Publication History
Barbara Thompson, "The African Collection at the Hood Museum of Art," African Arts, Volume XXXVII, No. 2, Los Angeles: African Studies Center, University of California, 2004, ill. p. 24.
Katherine W. Hart et al., Celebrating Twenty Years: Gifts in Honor of the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2005, pp. 24, ill. p. 25, cat. no. 3.
Provenance
Harry A. Franklin (1904-1983), Los Angeles, California; to his daughter, Valerie Franklin, Los Angeles, 1983; partial gift and partial purchase to present collection, 1999.
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