Janus Figure: Male and Female Standing Back to Back
Unidentified Hemba maker
early 20th century
Wood
Overall: 11 7/16 in. (29 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection
990.53.27173
Geography
Place Made: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Figure
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Course History
HIST 5.1, AAAS 14, Pre-Colonial African History, Naaborko Sackeyfio, Winter 2013
Exhibition History
African Art: A Teaching Exhibition, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 44, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 31-December 6, 1998.
Cultural Exchange, the Body, and Art and Technology, Art History 2, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 25-March 9, 2003.
Provenance
Harry A. Franklin, about 1950; to Valerie Franklin (daughter), 1983; given to present collection, 1990.
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