Sculpture

Museum number:

5-1618

Permalink:

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Accession number:

Acc.1302 and Acc.2100

Description:

Flat, wooden anthropomorphic sculpture of Mbulu-Ngulu, spirit of the dead & guardian of the basket containing ancestor's skulls; sheet copper overlay; height: 64.7cm

Donor:

Igor Kopytoff, Mrs. Victor K. Zurcher, University Appropriation, and Victor K. Zurcher

Collection place:

Gabon

Culture or time period:

Kota of Gabon

Collector:

Mrs. Victor K. Zurcher and Victor K. Zurcher

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Sculpture (visual works)

Production date:

circa 1900

Accession date:

1960 and 1966

Department:

Africa (except Ancient Egypt)

Comment:

See acc. envelope for similar specimen ill. in Leuzinger, Elsy. Africa the Art of the Negro Peoples, pl. 41, & summary of p. 152, additional information. Exhibited Berkeley art Center, African Influence of German Expressionism, Late 19th Century, Aug. 2 to Sept. 20-1968

Loans:

S1968-1969 #12: California Department of Parks and Recreation (August 2, 1968–September 24, 1968), S1968-1969 #39: Contra Costa College (November 18, 1968–December 27, 1968), S1968-1969 #87: College of Marin (April 3, 1969–May 2, 1969), S1969-1970 #32: Santa Rosa Junior College (October 24, 1969–October 31, 1969), S1971-1972 #131: Department of Art (UC Davis) (May 10, 1972–June 13, 1972), S1971-1972 #64: Art Gallery (Mills College) (January 3, 1972–February 22, 1972), and S1975-1976 #7: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (August 21, 1975–November 20, 1975)

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