Artwork Details
Artist
Creation Date
Materials
Object Types
Dimensions
21 x 6 x 5-1/2 in.
Mark Description
Inscribed, collector's number in red paint on white ground at back of vertical side of the proper right heel: E78.36 Stamped, black ink: DOUAN | 1 [birdlike figure] | [several obliterated letters ending with] M
Accession Number
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Eiteljorg
Copyright
Collection
Color Palette
Provenance
(Christie's, London, England){1} Sale 13 June 1978, lot 246;{1} purchased by Harrison [1903-1997] and Edith Eiteljorg [1912-2003] of Indianapolis, Indiana; given to the Indianapolis Museum of Art, in 1989. {1} Auction with provenance of 'Various Properties'
Gallery Labels
An artist named Umale made this figure. Unfortunately, most African carvings have been collected without identifying the artist. In recent times, researchers doing fieldwork in Africa have attempted to identify individual carvers and learn about their training and artistic development. Woodcarving is a male activity.
Exhibition History
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley
Musée du quai Branly
November 12, 2012 - January 13, 2013
Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley
Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts
April 15, 2012 - September 9, 2012
Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley
National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution
September 11, 2011 - March 4, 2012
Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley
UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History
February 13, 2011 - July 24, 2011
Nigerian Art and Communication: The Igbo and their Neighbors
Edna Carlsten Art Gallery
January 30, 1983 - February 28, 1983
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