Physical Qualities
Wood, glass beads, string, pigment, 11 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 6 in. (29.2 x 14 x 15.2 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Bernice Barth, Los Angeles
Object Number
2010.65
Carved wood with variegated reddish to dark brown stains, blue pigment on coiffure. A necklace of tiny beads. Naturalistic in style, the young woman kneels on a circular base and holds a large bowl on her lap; she wears a horizontally striped wrap-around skirt tied with a sash around her waist, necklaces, bracelets, and anklets. Her face set in a benign expression, three scarification marks on each cheek and forehead. Her hair is tightly plaited and braided. There are holes in her eyes that once held metal. Decorative notches around perimeter of base.
-Description per Gregory Ghent appraisal, Nov. 3, 2010
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2010; Bernice Barth, Los Angeles, CA; Arthur Barth by purchase, 1961; Nielsen (art dealer), London
Montgomery Art Center, Pomona College, Claremont, California, "Yoruba Sculpture in Los Angeles," Mar 10- Apr 6, 1969.
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California, "Tradition and Change in Yoruba Art," Mar. 9 - Apr. 14, 1974.
Nichole Bridges, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Hand Held: Personal Arts from Africa," Sept. 25, 2011-Feb. 5, 2012.
Kathryn Gunsch, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Wurtzburger Galleries, "African Reinstallation," April 2015., Wurtzburger Galleries, BMA, .
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Nichole Bridges, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Hand Held: Personal Arts from Africa," Sept. 25, 2011-Feb. 5, 2012.
Kathryn Gunsch, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Wurtzburger Galleries, "African Reinstallation," April 2015., Wurtzburger Galleries, BMA, .
Rubin, Arnold. "Yoruba Sculputre in Los Angeles," exhibition catalogue, March 10 to April 6, 1969, Montgomery Art Center, Pomona College, Claremont, California: 32-33.
Baltimore Museum of Art. BMA Today. Winter/Spring 2011. Baltimore, MD: 13.
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