Fly Whisk Handle with a Seated Male Figure | Yale University Art Gallery

late 19th–early 20th century

On view, 1st floor, African Art

Medium: Wood
Dimensions: 10 1/4 × 1 9/16 × 1 15/16 in. (26 × 4 × 5 cm)
Credit Line: Charles B. Benenson, B.A. 1933, Collection
Accession Number: 2006.51.238
Geography: Democratic Republic of the Congo, or Cabinda, Angola, or Republic of the Congo
Culture: Kongo
Period: 19th–20th century
Classification: Tools and Equipment
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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

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.

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

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Additional information

Object/Work type

fly whisks

Subject

men

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