| Object Number |
30-52-1 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Culture |
Bakota |
| Provenience |
Gabon |
| Section |
African |
| Materials |
Wood |
| Iconography |
Human | Stool |
| Description |
Wooden. Headdress resembles that of metal-covered flat heads from this region. Head and torso, rising from 4-legged stool. |
| Height |
57.2 cm |
| Width |
18.5 cm |
| Depth |
14.5 cm |
| Credit Line |
Purchased from Jan Kleykamp, 1930 |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
| Wardwell, Allen. African Sculpture from the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1986. See: p. 85, fig. 31 |
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| Dougherty, Frank. "African Sculpture, in Philadelphia Daily News." . (21 Nov 1986): 1-15. See: p. 3 |
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| Plass, Margaret B. "African Negro Sculpture: A Walk Through the Gallery." The University Museum Bulletin 21, no. 4. ( Dec 1957): 5-76. See: p. 53 |
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| Plass, Margaret B. African Tribal Sculpture. The University Museum, 1956. See: p. 41 |
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| "Kota: New Light (Exhibition Checklist)." Tribal Art Magazine Special Issue, no. 5. (2015): 66. See: p. 66, fig. 63 |
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| Anton, Ferdinand, Frederick J. Dockstader, Kathleen M. Trowell, and Hans Nevermann. Primitive Art: Pre-Columbian, American Indian, African, Oceanic. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 01 Jul 1979. See: p. 401 |
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