Covered Shea butter container
Maker
Malian
Maker
Senufo
Object number81.17.269
Exhibition HistoryCleveland, Ohio, Cleveland Museum of Art, African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection, July 10 - Sept. 1, 1968 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Museum, Oct. 10 - Dec. 1, 1968). Text by William Fagg. Cat. no. 28 (as Butter Box with Figure).
Los Angeles, California, Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, African Art in Motion: Icon and Act, Jan. 20 - Mar. 17, 1974 (Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, May 5 - Sept. 22, 1974). Text by Robert Farris Thompson. No cat. no., pp. 14-15, reproduced pl. 17 (as box with kneeling figure).Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm)
Diam.: 3 11/16 in.
Overall h.: 9 13/16 in.
MediumWood
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