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Ritual Bundle
early 20th century
Antelope horns, metal, hide, wood, cowrie shells, fiber, and encrustation
16 3/4 × 6 1/8 × 9 in. (42.55 × 15.56 × 22.86 cm)
Charles B. Benenson, B.A. 1933, Collection
2006.51.477
Geography:
Republic of Benin
Culture:
Fon
Period:
20th century
Classification:
Sculpture
Provenance:
Purchased Sotheby's, New York, May 16, 1985
Charles B. Benenson Collection, donated to Yale University Art Gallery in 2004
Bibliography:
Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2004): ill. cover.
Sotheby’s, New York, African and Oceanic Art, sale cat. (May 16, 1985), lot 151, ill.
Richard Barnes, “Objects of Desire,” Yale Alumni Magazine (September/October 2004): 36, ill.
“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), 276, 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.
