by Artist (2)
unknown Yoruba
Yoruba Primary
Gelede Masquerade Accessory (Breasts)
19th century - 20th century
Carved and incised wood with pigment
11.024 x 9.055 x 4.134 in. (28 x 23 x 10.5 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
99.3.106
Other Number(s):
82 (172) (Neufeld Collection Number)
172 (Sotheby's Lot Number)
Geography:
Africa, Bénin
Classification:
Ceremonial and Performance Artifacts
Culture/Nationality:
Yoruba, Beninese, West African, African
Collection:
Neufeld Collection
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
- African - Refers to the cultures of the continent of Africa, which is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea.
- Beninese - Style and culture of the people of Bénin, particularly of the modern inhabitants. For the style and culture of the more ancient people of southern Nigeria, use "Benin."
- West African - Styles and cultures from the region comprising the westernmost area of the African continent, defined by the United Nations as including the modern nations of Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
- Yoruba
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Owner Name: Mace Neufeld and Helen Katz Neufeld, Class of 1953
Role: Donor
Place: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, US
Ownership End Date: 12/20/1996
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Owner Name: Galerie Schwarz-Weiss; Gerd Stoll & Mareidi Singer
Role: Dealer
Place: Essen, Germany
Acquisition Method: Acquired in Nigeria
Ownership Start Date: 1964-1969
Remarks: Purchased by Gert Stoll in Nigeria when he lived there between 1964-1969 per email correspondence with him.
Bibliography List
The following Bibliography exist for this object:
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Important Tribal Art
Sotheby's .
New York, NY, 1989
Figure Number: 172 - "African Heritage Document and Research Center." (Accessed June 11, 2020): AHDRC.eu. Record No.: 0180358.
Comparanda List
The following Comparanda exist for this object:
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"Afrika Museum Berg en Dal Online Collection."
(Accessed June 10, 2020):
https://collectie.wereldculturen.nl/?query=search=packages=OnViewAM#/query/57d1fb49-cd01-499d-81c7-4228f4272d58.
Accession No.: AM-423-10.
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"Amyas Naegele."
(Accessed June 8, 2020):
https://www.amyas.net/.
https://www.pinterest.ch/pin/436567757609551666/.
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"Art and Life in Africa: Peoples."
(Accessed May 11, 2020):
https://africa.uima.uiowa.edu/peoples/.
https://africa.uima.uiowa.edu/topic-essays/show/13?start=14&fbclid=IwAR0ZyPCURhCxWTHUCnk_uVjQuxivKrVMQ83kZS4Jtq7dYPubj-FYtCICiTo.
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"African Heritage Document and Research Center."
(Accessed June 11, 2020):
AHDRC.eu.
Record No.: 0110953.
- Babatunde Lawal, The Gẹ̀lẹ̀dé Spectacle (Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1996), Figure Number: 6.12.
Related Bibliography List
The following Related Bibliography exist for this object:
- "Afrika Museum Berg en Dal Online Collection." (Accessed June 10, 2020): https://collectie.wereldculturen.nl/?query=search=packages=OnViewAM#/query/57d1fb49-cd01-499d-81c7-4228f4272d58. Accession No.: AM-423-10.
- "Amyas Naegele." (Accessed June 8, 2020): https://www.amyas.net/. https://www.pinterest.ch/pin/436567757609551666/.
- Stefan Eisenhofer, ed. Kulte, Künstler, Könige in Afrika: Tradition und Moderne in Südnigeria (Linz, Austria: des Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseums, 1977), 179-188.
- Babatunde Lawal, The Gẹ̀lẹ̀dé Spectacle (Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1996),
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