Headdress Representing a Water Spirit

mid- to late 20th century

African Art

Medium

Wood, textiles, paint, cardboard, nails, and thread

Dimensions

71 1/4 × 20 × 18 in. (181 × 50.8 × 45.72 cm)

Credit Line

Charles B. Benenson, B.A. 1933, Collection

Accession Number

2006.51.275

Period

20th century

Classification
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Provenance

Provenance

Jeremiah Cole, Los Angeles and Atlanta; 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), 202, ill.
  • Frederick John Lamp, "Hot Space, Cool Space: The Reinstallation of the African Art Collection in the Louis Kahn Building at Yale University," African Arts 40 (Summer 2007), 49, fig. 27
  • Barkley L. Hendricks, "Acquisitions, July 1, 2005–June 30, 2006," in "Photography at Yale," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2006), 222
  • Frederick John Lamp, "Charles Benenson and His Legacy of African Art to Yale," in "Recent Acquisitions 2001–2003," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2004), 34, ill.
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Additional information

Object/Work type

ceremonial objects, headdress, headgear, masks (costume)

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