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Colonial Figure: Man in Pith Helmet

Colonial Figure: Man in Pith Helmet

2008.22.0006

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification	Colonial Figure: Man in Pith Helmet (2008.22.0006)
Classification/ Nomenclature	Communication Artifacts : Art : N/A
Artist/Maker	Unknown
Geographic Location	Africa, West : Cote d’Ivoire
Period	N/A
Date	N/A
Culture	Baoule, Baule

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length)	24.5 cm
Dimension 2 (Width)	7.0 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth)	5.7 cm
Weight	279 g
Measuring Remarks	Under Review
Materials	Pigment--Paint, Plant--Wood, Varnish
Manufacturing Processes	Painting, Lacquering, Carved

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. Philip Ravenhill, _The Self and the Other: Personhood and Images among the Baule, Cote d’Ivoire_ (1994) The Detroit Institute of Art’s new catalogue, _Through African Eyes: The European in African Art since 1500_ (2010) Fritz Kramer, _The Red Fez: Art and Spirit Possession in Africa_ (1993)

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication	Kieffer-Lopez Collection
Reproduction	No

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