Fence (Esoss)

Label Text"Women also make fences like these to keep young livestock together outside or they can be used inside to separate beds." (Kakuta Hamisi, 2001)

Object number2000.18

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Art from Africa: Long Steps Never Broke a Back, Feb. 7 - May 19, 2002 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Oct. 2, 2004 - Jan. 2, 2005; Hartford, Connecticut, Wadsworth Atheneum, Feb. 12 - June 19, 2005 [as African Art, African Voices: Long Steps Never Broke a Back]). [Exhibition traveled on to Cincinnati Art Museum and Frist Center for the Visual Arts, but object not included.]

Credit LineGeneral Acquisition Fund

Dimensions132 1/2 x 40 1/2 x 1/2 in.

MediumBamboo and leather