Door Lock in the Form of a Female Figure

late 19th–early 20th century

Wood

13 × 4 1/2 × 3 5/8 in. (33.02 × 11.43 × 9.21 cm)

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

2006.51.215

Geography:

Sahel, Mali

Status:

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Culture:

Bamana

Period:

19th–20th century

Classification:

Hardware

Provenance:

Alan Brandt, New York, to 1972; Charles B. Benenson Collection, Greenwich, Conn, 1972–2004; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography:

“Acquisitions, July 1, 2005–June 30, 2006,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2006): 222.

Warren M. Robbins and Nancy Ingram Nooter, African Art in American Collections (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989), 536, fig. 1432.

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), 178, ill.

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.

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