Carved Door
Carved by Sakiwa or his son, Nupe
1920-1940
Wood
Overall: 102 × 56 × 5 in. (259.1 × 142.2 × 12.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through gifts from the Lathrop Fellows and the William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Fund
2009.64
Geography
Place Made: Nigeria, Western Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Building Component
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Course History
WRIT 5, Expository Writing, Carl Thum, Winter 2013
HIST 66, AAAS 15, History of Africa since 1800, Naaborko Sackeyfio, Spring 2013
AAAS 11, Introduction to African Studies, Naaborko Sackeyfio, Spring 2013
ARTH 16.2, Picasso: The Vollard Suite, Michael R.Taylor, Fall 2013
History 5.08, African and African American Studies 19.01, Africa and the World, Robby Zeinstra, Fall 2023
History 5.08, African and African American Studies 19.01, Africa and the World, Robby Zeinstra, Fall 2023
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.
Works from the Continent of Africa, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2019-March 15, 2020.
Publication History
John R. Stomberg, The Hood Now: Art and Inquiry at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2019, p. 145, ill. plate no. 76.
Provenance
Amyas Naegele Fine Art Bases Ltd., New York, New York; sold to present collection, 2009.
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