Object Details
- Description
- Double mouthed wood cup, small relief figure of human figure on side.
- Provenance
- Eliot Elisofon, New York, -- to 1973
- Exhibition History
- Celebration: A World of Art and Ritual, Renwick Gallery, Washington D.C., March 17, 1982-July 10, 1983
- Published References
- Smithsonian Institution. Office of Folklife Programs and Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art. 1982. Celebration: A World of Art and Ritual. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, p. 84, no. 76.
- Content Statement
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- Image Requests
- High resolution digital images are not available for some objects. For publication quality photography and permissions, please contact the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives at https://africa.si.edu/research/eliot-elisofon-photographic-archives/
- Data Source
- National Museum of African Art
- Maker
- Suku artist
- Date
- Late 19th-mid 20th century
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Eliot Elisofon
- Medium
- Wood
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 8.6 x 10.2 x 6 cm (3 3/8 x 4 x 2 3/8 in.)
- Type
- Sculpture
