Divination Witness and Power Figure
Unidentified Yaka maker
late 19th-20th century
Terracotta, wood, raffia, fur, and textile
Overall: 12 3/16 in. (31 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Fund
997.39.30356
Geography
Place Made: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa, Africa
Period
19th century
Object Name
Figure
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Course History
REL 14, AAAS 18, Introduction to African Religions, Robert Baum, Spring 2014
Exhibition History
Anthropology of Religion, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 48, March 30-May 2, 2004.
Resonances of Power, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 12, 1998-February 28, 1999.
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. 27.
Provenance
Gallery DeRoche, San Francisco, California; sold to present collection, 1997.
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