Relief Figure of an Elephant

ca. 900–300 B.C.E.

African Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Terracotta

Dimensions

7 1/4 × 4 1/4 in. (18.415 × 10.795 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of SusAnna and Joel B. Grae

Accession Number

2010.6.119

Geography

Nigeria

Culture

Nok

Period

4th–10th century B.C.

Classification

Sculpture

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Provenance
With Amyas Naegele, New York, by June 2005; sold to SusAnna Grae and Joel B. Grae, New York, and Peekskill, New York, June 22, 2005; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2010

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Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed 2012), 3
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

figures (representations)

Subject

elephants (animals)

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