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Colonial Figure: Man in Pith Helmet

2008.22.0006

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Artifact Identification Colonial Figure: Man in Pith Helmet   (2008.22.0006)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Art
    3. :
  3. N/A
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date N/A
Culture Baoule, Baule
Location Not on Exhibit

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 N/A
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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