a-Mantsho-nga-Tshol (Serpent Spirit)
Unidentified Nalu or Baga maker
19th-20th century
Wood with white, red, and black pigment
Overall: 82 in. (208.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Evelyn A. and William B. Jaffe, Class of 1964H
S.972.13
Geography
Place Made: Guinea, Western Africa, Africa
Period
19th century
Object Name
Figure
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Exhibition History
A Collector's Choice, William B. Jaffe Memorial Exhibition, Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 8, 1972-January 7, 1973.
African Images, Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 1972.
Basis for Design: Visual Problem Solving, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Studio Art 10, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 31-April 26, 1998.
Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 30-June 21, 1993.
Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 13, 1998-January 13, 1999.
Publication History
Treasures of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1985, p. 67, no. 36.
Provenance
Evelyn Annenberg Friede Jaffe Hall (1911-2005) and William B. Jaffe (1904-1972), New York; given to present collection, 1972.
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