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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Covered box
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Covered box

Artist Baule peoples (Ivorian)
DateEarly- to mid-20th century
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall: 8 in. (20.3 cm)
ClassificationsAfrican art
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.2394
Terms
  • Human head
  • Ivory Coast
  • Africa
Collections
On View
On view
DescriptionBox with figurated human head on top. Made of wood. Made by the Baule Tribe of the Ivory Coast of Africa.

Label TextCovered box, early to mid 20th century Baule peoples, Ivorian (African) Wood, 8 in. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.2394
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Female Figure
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Male Figure
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Face Mask
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Stool
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Tumba (Funerary Figure)
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Male Figure
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Carved Hippopotamus Tooth
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Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Mask
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Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Face Mask
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Funerary Figure
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Staff Head
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