Jug

Object Details

Baule artist

Label Text

Gold dazzles the eye and captures the attention. Baule leaders and elites own gold-covered wood figures, whisks and other prestige items to underscore their high position in society. These markers of status are part of a family's inheritance and are linked to ancestral forces and the soul of the family. Gold-covered objects are displayed at funerals and at certain masquerade performances and ceremonies associated with leadership.

Description

Wood display piece in the form of a jug, covered with gold leaf, with a face on the side of the jug.

Provenance

A. Protopchaltis, Greece, 1920

Mrs. Skopoulos (Protopchaltis family), -- to 1991

Alain de Monbrison, Paris, 1991 to 2005

Exhibition History

African Mosaic: Selections from the Permanent Collection, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., November 19, 2013–August 12, 2019 (deinstalled July 9, 2019)

African Mosaic: Celebrating a Decade of Collecting, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., November 19, 2010-November 13, 2013

Published References

Vogel, Susan Mullin. 1997. Baule: African Art, Western Eyes. New Haven: Yale University Press, p. 200.

Vogel, Susan Mullin. 1999. L'art Baoule: du visible et de l'invisible. New Haven: Yale Univeristy in association with Editions Adam Biro. (French translation of 1997)

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Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. A. de Monbrison

Late 19th-early 20th century

Object number

2005-8-1

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Sculpture

Medium

Wood, gold leaf, staples

Dimensions

H x W x D: 12 x 8.3 x 7 cm (4 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)

Geography

Côte d'Ivoire

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Topic

Status

Human

male

Record ID

nmafa_2005-8-1

Metadata Usage (text)

Usage conditions apply

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys717a9c8b9-81b5-4cd0-9338-9f261b6a0b28