Adze Handle in the Shape of a Woman

early 20th century

African Art

On view, 1st floor, African Art
Medium

Wood

Dimensions

14 15/16 × 4 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (38 × 11.5 × 9.5 cm)

Credit Line

Charles B. Benenson, B.A. 1933, Collection

Accession Number

2006.51.14

Geography

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Culture

Wongo or Lele

Period

20th century

Classification

Tools and Equipment

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Cornelis Pieter Meulendijk, Rotterdam, by 1968. Christie's London, October 21, 1980.
Sotheby's by 1989.Charles B. Benenson Collection, Greenwich, Conn; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Frederick John Lamp, Amanda Maples, and Laura M. Smalligan, Accumulating Histories: African Art from the Charles B. Benenson Collection at the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2012), 89, ill
  • "Acquisitions, July 1, 2005–June 30, 2006," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2006), 222
  • Jean-Baptiste Bacquart, The Tribal Arts of Africa (New York: Thames and Hudson, 1998), 173, fig. 12
  • Christie's London, London, Christie's: The Meulendijk Collection of Tribal Art, Part 1, sale cat. (October 21, 1980), 74, lot 181, ill
  • Afrikaanse sculpturen uit de collectie van C. P. Meulendijk, exh. cat. (Rotterdam, Netherlands: Museum voor Land- en Volkenkunde, 1967-1968), 82, no. 37/01
Object copyright
Copyright Undetermined
Additional information

Object/Work type

adzes

Subject

women

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