African Art
Cultural Object
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Palm Wine Cup

19th century

Wood

5 × 4 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (12.7 × 11.43 × 11.43 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Osborn for the Linton Collection of African Art
1964.76.11
Geography: 
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Kete
Period: 
19th century
Classification: 
Containers - Wood
Provenance: 

Acquired by Leo Frobenius (1873–1938), Germany, during his Kongo-Kasia Expedition, 1904–1906 (Frobenius Institute Register Number KBA 04590~d). Dr. Ralph Linton (1893–1953), New Haven, Conn., by 1953 [see note 1]; by descent to his wife, Adelin Hohlfield Linton (1899–1977) New Haven, Conn.; sold to Marie-Louise Montgomery Osborn (1905–1968) and James Marshall Osborn (1906–1976), New Haven, Conn., 1954; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.,1964

Note 1: Ralph Linton was the Sterling Professor of Anthropology at Yale from 1946 until his death in 1953.

Bibliography: 

Ralph Linton, The Linton Collection of African Sculpture: An Exhibition, March 13 through April 18, 1954, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1954), no. 82.

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.