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Figures with horn

Object Name:
bocio
ekpe
Maker:
Fon artist  Search this
Medium:
Guib harnache horn, wood, cowrie shells, feathers, plant fiber, accumulative material
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 23.0 x 9.0 x 5.5 cm (9 1/16 x 3 9/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Type:
Figure
Geography:
Benin
Date:
Mid-20th century
Topic:
Shrine/Altar  Search this
Power  Search this
male  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Michael Furst
Object number:
68-32-1
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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National Museum of African Art Collection
Data Source:
National Museum of African Art
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys70b45e701-9b60-4e7f-ab2e-58fce5b3ab8e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmafa_68-32-1

Female figure

Object Name:
bocio
Maker:
Fon artist  Search this
Medium:
Wood, plant fiber
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 16.3 x 5 x 4.1 cm (6 7/16 x 1 15/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Type:
Figure
Geography:
Benin
Date:
Mid-20th century
Topic:
Power  Search this
male  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Michael Furst
Object number:
68-32-11.5
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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National Museum of African Art Collection
Data Source:
National Museum of African Art
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys7b693a50a-bcd6-4073-be12-e3496033b527
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmafa_68-32-11.5

Female figure

Object Name:
bocio
menovi
Maker:
Fon artist  Search this
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 32.7 x 9.6 x 9.7 cm (12 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 3 13/16 in.)
Type:
Figure
Geography:
Benin
Date:
Mid 20th century
Topic:
Shrine/Altar  Search this
Power  Search this
male  Search this
female  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Michael Furst
Object number:
68-32-12.1
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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National Museum of African Art Collection
Data Source:
National Museum of African Art
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys7bf38b425-b4d7-4f93-9bdb-f89c22b82b63
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmafa_68-32-12.1

Male figure

Object Name:
bocio
menovi
Maker:
Fon artist  Search this
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 36.1 x 7.9 x 10.3 cm (14 3/16 x 3 1/8 x 4 1/16 in.)
Type:
Figure
Geography:
Benin
Date:
Mid-20th century
Topic:
Power  Search this
male  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Michael Furst
Object number:
68-32-12.2
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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National Museum of African Art Collection
Data Source:
National Museum of African Art
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys7cf931ae7-61da-42d1-ad4f-0a40e80bfe36
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmafa_68-32-12.2
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Male figure

Object Name:
podohome-bocio
tsakatou
Maker:
Fon artist  Search this
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 19.2 x 5.4 x 9.5 cm (7 9/16 x 2 1/8 x 3 3/4 in.)
Type:
Figure
Geography:
Bopa, Lake Aheme region, Benin
Date:
Mid-20th century
Topic:
weapon  Search this
Power  Search this
male  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Michael Furst
Object number:
68-32-14
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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National Museum of African Art Collection
Data Source:
National Museum of African Art
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys7a7868840-1cbd-4cef-9af1-a1be56b2b0ff
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmafa_68-32-14

Figure

Object Name:
bocio
fiohotse
Maker:
Fon artist  Search this
Medium:
Wood, fiber, glass beads, cowrie shell, encrustation, claws,teeth, bone (duck skull)
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 32.5 x 14.5 x 7.2 cm (12 13/16 x 5 11/16 x 2 13/16 in.)
Type:
Figure
Geography:
Dekame, Benin
Date:
Mid-20th century
Topic:
Power  Search this
male  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Michael Furst
Object number:
68-32-5
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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National Museum of African Art Collection
Data Source:
National Museum of African Art
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys7189924f2-4ae2-41dd-bb19-859b7b8ed530
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmafa_68-32-5

Power object

Object Name:
bo
Maker:
Ewe artist  Search this
Medium:
Cow horn, cowrie shells, plant fiber
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 20.2 x 6.7 x 5.5 cm (7 15/16 x 2 5/8 x 2 3/16 in.)
Type:
Sculpture
Geography:
Togo
Date:
Mid 20th century
Topic:
male  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Michael Furst
Object number:
69-3-29
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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National Museum of African Art Collection
Data Source:
National Museum of African Art
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys7c1345640-1295-4d0d-8427-6d96ed682a82
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmafa_69-3-29

Hat with amulets

Maker:
Fon artist  Search this
Medium:
Leather, cloth, cowrie shells, tusk
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 20.8 x 19.2 x 33.6 cm (8 3/16 x 7 9/16 x 13 1/4 in.)
Type:
Textile and Fiber Arts
Geography:
Benin
Date:
Mid-20th century
Topic:
Adornment  Search this
Power  Search this
male  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of J. Dale Chastain
Object number:
73-1-2
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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National Museum of African Art Collection
Data Source:
National Museum of African Art
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys758eb1a90-2e66-4acd-878a-813d592b9b3e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmafa_73-1-2
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Female figure

Object Name:
bocio
Maker:
Fon artist  Search this
Medium:
Wood, metal, cotton cloth
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 29.8 x 7.5 x 7.3 cm (11 3/4 x 2 15/16 x 2 7/8 in.)
Type:
Figure
Geography:
Abomey, Benin
Topic:
male  Search this
female  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Weiss
Object number:
75-5-8
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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National Museum of African Art Collection
Data Source:
National Museum of African Art
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys7b74ff07a-5ac5-4e17-bd99-62aea1f89fbe
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmafa_75-5-8

Outreach

Collection Creator:
Woman's Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)  Search this
Container:
Box 12, Folder 15
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1975-1978
Collection Citation:
Woman's Building records, 1970-1992. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Woman's Building records
Woman's Building records / Series 2: Education Programs / 2.2: Feminist Studio Workshop
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b945bc60-acec-44c6-af3f-5be3372d4740
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-womabuil-ref557
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Cadavere quotidiano conceived and organized by Paul Becker, Alex Cecchetti and Francesco Pedraglio ; edited by Shana Lutker

Author:
Becker, Paul 1967-  Search this
Cecchetti, Alex 1977-  Search this
Pedraglio, Francesco  Search this
Project X Foundation for Art and Criticism  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries Artists' Books DSI  Search this
Editor:
Lutker, Shana 1978-  Search this
Physical description:
184 pages 18 cm
Type:
Books
Artists' books (books).)
Artists' books
Date:
2014
Topic:
Art--Philosophy  Search this
Art--Psychology  Search this
Artists' books  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1095285

The structure of art by Jack Burnham. Assisted by Charles Harper and Judith Benjamin Burnham

Author:
Burnham, Jack 1931-  Search this
Author:
Burnham, Judith Benjamin  Search this
Harper, Charles  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 195 p illustrations, facsims 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1971
Topic:
Art--Psychology  Search this
Form (Aesthetics)  Search this
Art--Psychologie  Search this
Forme (Esthétique)  Search this
format  Search this
Forme (esthétique)  Search this
forms (benches)  Search this
forms (documents)  Search this
forms (type composition equipment)  Search this
Call number:
N71 .B96
N71.B96
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_6988

Entropy and art an essay on disorder and order

Author:
Arnheim, Rudolf  Search this
Physical description:
64 p
Type:
Books
Date:
1971
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
Art, Modern  Search this
Art--Philosophy  Search this
Entropy  Search this
Order (Philosophy)  Search this
Art--psychology  Search this
Art--Philosophie  Search this
Art  Search this
Entropie  Search this
Ordre (Philosophie)  Search this
entropy  Search this
order (metaphysical concept)  Search this
Call number:
N71 .A74
N71.A74
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_7130

The affecting presence an essay in humanistic anthropology

Author:
Armstrong, Robert Plant  Search this
Physical description:
xxii, 213 p illus 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Nigeria
Date:
1971
Topic:
Art and anthropology  Search this
Arts and society  Search this
Arts, Javanese  Search this
Arts, Yoruba  Search this
Arts--Psychology  Search this
Culture  Search this
Art et anthropologie  Search this
Arts et société  Search this
Arts javanais  Search this
Arts yoruba  Search this
Arts--Psychologie  Search this
Kulturanthropologie  Search this
Call number:
NX589.6.N5 A7X
NX589.6.N5A7X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_7578

The painter's mind a study of the relations of structure and space in painting by Romare Bearden and Carl Holty

Author:
Bearden, Romare 1911-1988  Search this
Author:
Holty, Carl 1900-1973  Search this
Physical description:
224 pages illustrations, portraits 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1969
Topic:
Art--Psychology  Search this
Composition (Art)  Search this
Painting--Technique  Search this
Perception  Search this
Perspective  Search this
Space (Art)  Search this
Espace (Art)  Search this
composition (artistic arrangement)  Search this
Call number:
ND1475 .B36
ND1475.B36
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_2831

Dubuffet and the anticulture [Edited by Richard L. Feigen]

Author:
Dubuffet, Jean 1901-1985  Search this
Author:
Feigen, Richard L. 1930-  Search this
Subject:
Dubuffet, Jean 1901-1985  Search this
Physical description:
79 pages (chiefly illustrations) 26 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
New York (N.Y.)
Date:
1969
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
Art, Modern  Search this
Art--Psychology  Search this
Art  Search this
Art--Psychologie  Search this
Call number:
N40.1.D82 F2
N40.1.D82F2
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_2834

Abstraction and empathy a contribution to the psychology of style by Wilhelm Worringer ; translated from the German by Michael Bullock ; with an introduction by Hilton Kramer

Author:
Worringer, Wilhelm 1881-1965  Search this
Physical description:
144 pages 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2014
1953
Topic:
Art, Abstract  Search this
Art--Psychology  Search this
Art--Psychologie  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1158010

The Humanist tradition in contemporary American painting [Exhibition] October 15-November 23, 1968

Author:
New School Art Center (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Physical description:
40 pages illustration 23 x 24 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
1968
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
Art--Psychology  Search this
Humanism--History  Search this
Painting, American  Search this
Art--Psychologie  Search this
Peinture américaine  Search this
Call number:
ND212 .N54
ND212.N54
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1022

The rhetoric of the frame essays on the boundaries of the artwork edited by Paul Duro

Author:
Duro, Paul 1953-  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 322 pages illustrations, maps 26 cm
Type:
Congresses
Congrès
Aufsatzsammlung
Kongress
Conference papers and proceedings
Place:
Canberra
Date:
1996
1994
Topic:
Art--Philosophy  Search this
Art--Psychology  Search this
Picture frames and framing  Search this
Art--Philosophie  Search this
Art--Psychologie  Search this
Cadres (Art)  Search this
Kongress  Search this
Bilderrahmen  Search this
Kunst  Search this
Kunstpsychologie  Search this
Methode  Search this
Philosophie  Search this
Rahmen  Search this
Ästhetik  Search this
Aufsatzsammlung  Search this
Kunstwerk  Search this
Kunstvoorwerpen  Search this
Lijsten (omlijstingen)  Search this
Psychologische aspecten  Search this
Filosofische aspecten  Search this
Art--Psychological aspects  Search this
Cadres et encadrement--Congrès  Search this
Call number:
N71 .R49 1996
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_509570

The last place they thought of editor, Daniella Rose King ; [contributor[s], Torkwase Dyson, Treva Ellison, Daniella Rose King, Katherine McKittrick, Jade Montserrat, Lorraine O'Grady, Keisha Scarville]

Curator:
King, Daniella Rose  Search this
Contributor:
Dyson, Torkwase  Search this
Ellison, Treva  Search this
McKittrick, Katherine  Search this
Montserrat, Jade 1981-  Search this
O'Grady, Lorraine  Search this
Scarville, Keisha 1975-  Search this
Host institution:
University of Pennsylvania Institute of Contemporary Art  Search this
Physical description:
106 pages, 2 unnumbered pages color illustrations 23 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition
Place:
United States
États-Unis
Pays étrangers
Date:
2020
21st century
21e siècle
Topic:
African American art  Search this
Art, Modern  Search this
Women, Black--Social conditions  Search this
Geography--Psychological aspects  Search this
Human geography  Search this
African diaspora  Search this
Art noir américain  Search this
Art  Search this
Femmes noires--Conditions sociales  Search this
Géographie--Aspect psychologique  Search this
Africains  Search this
Geography  Search this
Psychological aspects  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1156775

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