Container with lid
Datelate 18th century
Maker
Benin Kingdom
Object number81.17.499
Provenance[Robert Stolper, New York]; sold to Katherine White, Seattle, Washington, 1961; 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. 143 (as Cylindrical Box).Published ReferencesJoice, Gail, Michael Knight, and Pamela McClusky, Ivories in the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1987, no. 19, pp. 26-27Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions3 3/4 in. (9.53 cm)
Diam.: 3 1/8 in.
MediumIvory