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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1988.475
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Ntadi (Grave Figure for a Ruler)
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
19th century
Culture
Kongo
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/226877

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Soapstone
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
35 x 13 x 11.5 cm (13 3/4 x 5 1/8 x 4 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1988.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Lois Orswell Collection
Accession Year
1988
Object Number
1988.475
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 286, p. 359

Exhibition History

  • Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/21/2002 - 02/16/2003

Verification Level

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