H x W x D: 22.5 x 50.1 x 49.9 cm (8 7/8 x 19 3/4 x 19 5/8 in.)
Type:
Sculpture
Geography:
Mali
Niger
Date:
Mid-20th century
Label Text:
The Tuareg carve large, decorated wood bowls to serve food, such as millet porridge. This beautiful example has subtly flared sides and finely worked geometric designs around its rim; similar patterns are also found on Tuareg leatherwork and jewelry. The bowl is further embellished with two pieces of embossed copper alloy sheet metal through which an iron handle is attached.
Description:
Flared bowl with flattened rim, carved geometric designs and squared U-form handle on the exterior.
Provenance:
Ghysels Gallery, Brussels, -- to 1983
Exhibition History:
Caravans of Gold Fragments in Time, Block Museum of Art, Evanston, IL, January 26, 2019–July 21, 2019; The Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, Canada, September 21, 2019–February 23, 2020; Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C., July 16, 2021 – February 27, 2022
Africa: The Art of a Continent, Solomon R.jh Guggenheim Museum, New York, June 5-September 29, 1996
Art from the Forge, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., September 6, 1995-January 2, 1996
Art of the Personal Object, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., September 24, 1991-April 9, 2007
Published References:
Loughran, Kristyne. 1995. Art from the Forge. Washington D.C.: National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, p. 12, no. 6.
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