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Table-Shaped Iran, Ancestor Figure

2012.10.0337

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Artifact Identification Table-Shaped Iran, Ancestor Figure   (2012.10.0337)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Ceremonial Artifacts
    3. :
  3. Funerary Objects
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date 1850 - 1950
Culture Bidjogo, Bijago, Bidyugo
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 40.8 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 12.2 cm
Dimension 3 (Height) 7.4 cm
Weight 2,131 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Plant--Wood
Manufacturing Processes Carved

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Bernatzik, Hugo Adolf. In Reich de Bidjogo: geheimnisvolle Inseln in Westafrika. Berlin: Ullstein, 1960.

Duquette, Daniell Gallois. Dynamique de l'art Bidjogo (Guinee-Bissau): Contribution a une anthropologie de l'art des societes africaines. Lisboa: instituto de Investigacao Cientifica Tropical, 1983.

Helmholz, Robert C. "Traditional Bijago Statuary" African Arts, vol. 6, no. 1. Autumn, 1972. Pp. 52-57.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Gift of Robert C. and Donna M. Spina Helmholz
Reproduction No

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