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African Art
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Fly Whisk Handle with a Seated Male Figure
late 19th–early 20th century
Wood
10 1/4 × 1 9/16 × 1 15/16 in. (26 × 4 × 5 cm)
Charles B. Benenson, B.A. 1933, Collection
2006.51.238
Geography:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
or Cabinda, Angola
or Republic of the Congo
Status:
On view
Culture:
Kongo
Period:
19th–20th century
Classification:
Tools and Equipment
Provenance:
Possibly Mathias Komor, New York[note on labels on object]: unknown date - before 1981
Charles B. Benenson Collection, donated to Yale University Art Gallery in 2004
Bibliography:
“Acquisitions, July 1, 2005–June 30, 2006,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2006): 222.
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), 189, 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.
