Colonial Figure: Pilot

2008.22.0005

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Artifact Identification Colonial Figure: Pilot   (2008.22.0005)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Art
  4. :
  5. N/A
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date N/A
Culture Baoule, Baule

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height) 29.5 cm
Dimension 2 (Diameter) 7 cm
Dimension 3 (Width) 7 cm
Weight 353 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Pigment, Pigment--Paint, Plant--Wood, Varnish
Manufacturing Processes Carved, Incising, Lacquering, Painting, Writing

Research Remarks

Description Under Review
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Guenneguez, Andre and Afo. Art de la Cote d’Ivoire et de Ses Voisins. Paris: L’Harmattan, n.d. P. 159-161.

Ravenhill, Philip. Dreams and Reverie: Images of Otherworld Mates Among the Baule, West Africa. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996.

Liking, Werewere. Statues Colons: Statuettes peintes de l’Afrique de l’Ouest. Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. NEA-Arhis: 1987.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Kieffer-Lopez Collection
Reproduction No

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