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African Art
Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery
Explore image in 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:
Nigeria
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.
