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African Art
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Pole Surmounted by a Female Figure

late 19th–early 20th century

Wood and pigment

42 × 4 × 4 3/4 in. (106.68 × 10.16 × 12.065 cm)
Charles B. Benenson, B.A. 1933, Collection
2006.51.586
Geography: 
Geography Nigeria
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Tiv or Esan
Period: 
19th–20th century
Classification: 
Architectural Elements
Provenance: 

Keletigue Kaba, New York, formerly Guinea: unknown date - July 29,1992
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), 319, 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.