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African Art
Explore image in Bowl Supported by a Female Figure Seated on a Horned Quadruped
mid-20th century
Wood and pigment
21 × 10 × 8 1/2 in. (53.34 × 25.4 × 21.59 cm)
Charles B. Benenson, B.A. 1933, Collection
2006.51.403
Geography:
Guinea Coast, Nigeria
Culture:
Yorùbá
Period:
20th century
Classification:
Furniture
Provenance:
Jeremiah Cole, Los Angeles and Atlanta, unknown dates
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.
Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2004): ill. back cover.
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), 74, 250, fig. 18.
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.
