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Double-headed cup

Date20th century

Maker Congolese

Maker Bashi-Lele

Object number81.17.827

Exhibition HistoryLos 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. 108, reproduced fig. F-1 (as double beaker).Published ReferencesMcClusky, Pamela. African Art: From Crocodiles to Convertibles in the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 1987; cat. no. 1, p. 7, reproduced. McClusky, Pamela. "Art of Africa." In Selected Works, pp. 35-52. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 1991; p. 40, reproduced.

Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company

Dimensions8 11/16 x 7 15/16 x 5 3/16 in. (22 x 20.1 x 13.2 cm)

MediumWood