Head (Uhunmwun-Elao)
Maker
Benin Kingdom
Object number81.17.497
Provenance[Merton D. Simpson Gallery, New York]; purchased from gallery by Katherine White (1929-1980), Seattle, Washington, 1963; bequeathed to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1981
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. 149.
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., p. 129, reproduced pl. 164 (as head).Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions5 9/16 x 3 11/16 x 4 3/4 in. (14.2 x 9.3 x 12.1 cm)
MediumTerracotta
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