Lidded Vessel in the Form of a Hare | Yale University Art Gallery

early 20th century

Medium: Wood
Dimensions: 17 3/4 × 6 1/2 × 9 in. (45.1 × 16.51 × 22.86 cm)
Credit Line: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., Class of 1913, Fund
Accession Number: 2000.87.1a-b
Geography: Guinea Coast, Nigeria
Culture: Yorùbá
Period: 20th century
Classification: Containers
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Provenance

Dealer in Cotonou, unknown dates
Rolf Miehler, Munich, bought the piece between 1970 and 1977 from dealer in Cotonou
Fred Jahn, unknown dates
Purchased by Yale University Art Gallery from Fred Jahn in 2000

Bibliography

"Acquisitions 2000," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2001), 156, ill

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

lids, vessels

Subject

rabbits

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