Ritual Jar (govi) for Ezili Freda
Andre Pierre, Haitian, 1914 - 2005
collected 1966
Oil paint on terracotta
Overall: 4 7/16 × 4 15/16 × 4 15/16 in. (11.2 × 12.5 × 12.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Micaela and Jack Mendelsohn, Class of 1956
2005.7.2
Geography
Place Made: Haiti, Caribbean, Central America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Inscriptions
Initialled, in paint, right center edge of design: AP [underlined]; inscribed, in paint, bottom of design: E.F; inscribed, on bottom, in paint: ERZUlie / FREDA
Course History
REL 7, Dark Goddesses and Black Madonnas, Elizabeth Perez, Winter 2013
ANTH 50, AAAS 88, LACS 50, Haiti at the Crossroads, Chelsey Kivland, Spring 2013
REL 17, AAAS 83.5, African Religions of the Americas, Elizabeth Perez, Fall 2013
ANTH 50.4, AAAS 88.5, LACS 50.2, Race, Power, and Development in Global Haiti, Chelsey Kivland, Fall 2013
ANTH 7, Haiti and Its Visitors, Chelsey Kivland, Winter 2019
Exhibition History
A Space for Dialogue 80, Visions of the Virgin: Manifestations of Mary and Personal Devotion, Jessica Womack, Class of 2014, Levinson Intern, Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 25 - March 9, 2014.
Celebrating Twenty Years: Gifts in Honor of the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 11-December 12, 2005.
Publication History
Katherine W. Hart et al., Celebrating Twenty Years: Gifts in Honor of the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2005, pp. 68, ill. p. 69, cat. no. 25a.
Jessica Womack, Class of 2014, Levinson Intern, A Space for Dialogue 80, Visions of the Virgin: Manifestations of Mary and Personal Devotion, Hanover, New Hampshire: 2014, ill. p. 3.
Provenance
Jack and Micaela Mendelsohn, Washington, D.C.; given to present collection, 2005.
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