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unknown Tsonga
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unknown Nguni
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Baboon Prestige Staff
19th century - 20th century
Carved wood
53 1/2 in. (135.89 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
99.5.106
Other Number(s):
84-49 (Neufeld Collection Number)
290 (Sotheby's Lot Number)
Geography:
Africa, South Africa, Eastern South Africa
Classification:
Ceremonial and Performance Artifacts; Ritual Objects
Culture/Nationality:
Northern Nguni (Zulu), South African, Southern 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.
- Papio - Members of a genus containing five living species of large, robust, and primarily terrrestrial monkeys found in dry regions of Africa and Arabia, characterized by a long dog-like snout, large canine teeth or tusks, capacious cheek pouches, and naked callosities on the buttocks.
- prestige - Social standing in the estimation of others; influence or reputation derived from achievements, associations, or character, or past success.
- South African - Style and culture of the people of South Africa.
- staffs - Long sticks carried in the hand for support in walking.
- Tsonga - Style and culture of the African ethnic group of the same name currently inhabiting South Africa and Mozambique.
- Zulu
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- African Images, Western Imageries: Collecting and Recollecting African Bryn Mawr College , Sep 26, 1999 – Jun 15, 2000
- African and Pacific Art from the Neufeld Collection Bryn Mawr College , Apr 28, 1993 – Jun 1, 1993
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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: 7/18/1991
Bibliography List
The following Bibliography exist for this object:
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Important Tribal Art
Sotheby's .
New York, NY, 1989
Figure Number: 290 - "African Heritage Document and Research Center." (Accessed June 11, 2020): AHDRC.eu. Record No.: 0116547.
Comparanda List
The following Comparanda exist for this object:
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"The Cleveland Museum of Art Online Collections."
(Accessed May 18, 2020):
Clevelandart.org.
Accession No.: 2010.204.
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"African Tribal art Auction."
(Accessed May 18, 2020):
https://www.tribalartantiques.com.
https://www.tribalartantiques.com/african-tribal-zulu-baboon-staff-auction/.
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"National Museum of African Art Online Database."
(Accessed April 12, 2020):
Smithsonian,
https://africa.si.edu/collections/collections.
Accession No.: 91-14-2.
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"The University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art."
(Accessed May 18, 2020):
https://africa.uima.uiowa.edu.
Accession No.: 1996.260.
- Catalogue of Tribal Art also Tibetan, Nepalese, Indian and South-East Asian Art (London: Sotheby's, 1983), 44. Figure Number: 182
Related Bibliography List
The following Related Bibliography exist for this object:
- "National Museum of African Art Online Database." (Accessed April 12, 2020): Smithsonian, https://africa.si.edu/collections/collections. Accession No.: 91-14-2.
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