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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 during his Kongo expedition, 1904-1906. Dr. Ralph Linton, Sterling Professor of Anthropology at Yale, unknown date–1953; Mr. and Mrs. James M. Osborn donated to Yale University Art Gallery for the Linton Collection of African Art in 1964

Bibliography: 

The Linton Collection of African Sculpture, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1954), no. 82.

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