Head

ca. 200 B.C.E–500 C.E.

African Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Terracotta

Dimensions

19 1/2 × 9 × 7 in. (49.53 × 22.86 × 17.78 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mark Landrum, B.A. 1961

Accession Number

2015.70.5

Geography

Nigeria

Culture

Katsina

Classification

Sculpture

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Provenance
Sillah Ali, (Guinean art dealer), unknown date–October 1999; Douglas Dawson, Chicago, Illinois, October 1999–November 5, 1999; Mark Landrum, November 5, 1999–July 1,2015; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
This work appears on our "Antiquities and Archaeological Material with Provenance Documentation Gaps" page.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2015–June 30, 2016," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2016), 3
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Subject

heads (representations)

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