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Artist Northern Dan Peoples (African)

Place of OriginCôte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

Date1950s

Dimensions14 × 10 in. (35.6 × 25.4 cm)

Mediumcarved wood with polychrome decoration.

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1970.46

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Published References"African Art," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 16, no. 2, 1973, p. 32, repr. fig. 4.Comparative ReferencesSee also Leuzinger, Elsy, Africa, the Art of Negro Peoples, New York, Crown Publishers, Inc., 1960, p. 101, pl. 16, pp. 98-99.

cf. Willett, Frank, African Art, an Introduction, New York, Praeger, 1971, p. 185, figs. 174, 175, p. 184.

cf. Leiris, Michel and Jacqueline Delange, African Art, New York, Golden Press, 1968, p. 108, pl. 105.