Memorial Head (Nsodie)

Medium

Terracotta

Dimensions

8 × 6 1/4 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 15.9 × 14 cm)

Credit Line

Bequest of Paul F. Walter

Accession Number

2018.83.2

Geography
Culture
Period

17th–18th century

Classification
Disclaimer

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Provenance

Provenance

European private collector, unknown date–2000; Sotheby's New York, African and Oceanic Art, May 19, 2000, sale 7474, lot 218; Paul F. Walter Collection, 2000–2017; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018," https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/bulletin/Pub-Bull-acquisitions-2018.pdf (accessed December 1, 2018).
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Additional information

Object/Work type

sculpture

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