Headrest
Unidentified Zulu maker
collected before 1885
Wood
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Reverend Josiah Tyler
13.25.885
Geography
Place Made: South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
Period
19th century
Object Name
Furniture
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Course History
AAAS 11, Introduction to African Studies, Naaborko Sackeyfio, Spring 2013
ARTH 16.2, Picasso: The Vollard Suite, Michael R.Taylor, Fall 2013
SART 16/SART 21/SART 73, Sculpture 1/2/3, Matt Siegle, Winter 2020
Studio Art 21.01, Studio Art 73.01, Sculpture II, Sculpture III, Matt Siegle, Winter 2024
Exhibition History
Evolving Perspectives: Highlights from the African Art Collection at the Hood Museum of Art, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2013-April 6, 2014.
Publication History
Barbara Thompson, "The African Collection at the Hood Museum of Art," African Arts, Volume XXXVII, No. 2, Los Angeles: African Studies Center, University of California, 2004, ill. p. 16.
Provenance
Collected by Reverend Josiah Tyler (1823-1895), D. D., Missionary to the American Board, Natal, South Africa; given to present collection, 1885.
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