Battamaliba and Northern Dahomey
Dance Shield
Battamaliba or Northern Dahomey, 1900
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Raffia, string, leather
Credit Line
Gift of Philip Lee Davis, Key West, Florida, in Honor of Frederick Lamp, Curator, Arts of Africa, Asia, The Americas & Oceania, 1981-2003
Object Number
2003.344
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2003; Philip Lee Davis, Key West, Florida; Allen Davis, Alexandria, Virginia; purchased from Gallery Africa, Washington, D.C., 2000
