Marionette Headdress

CultureBambara peoples

Date20th century

MediumWood, metal and paint

DimensionsOverall: 29 × 5 1/2 × 5 inches (73.66 × 13.97 × 12.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Baker

Object number66-47/8

On View

Not on view

Collections

African Art

Terms

Exhibition History

Ethnic Art from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Baker: Africa, Mediterranean, Oceania, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, December 17, 1966-January 29, 1967, no. 36B.

Provenance

Herbert (1924-2001) and Gwen Baker, Highland Park, IL, no. A-153, by July 8, 1966 [1];

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1966.

NOTES:

[1] Herbert Baker began collecting African art in 1950. A label with the Baker inventory number ‘A1533’ is on the back of the object, although the number ‘A-153’ is used by Baker in a letter to Ralph T. Coe, Assistant Director, July 8, 1966, NAMA registration files.

Published References

Ethnic Art from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Baker: Africa, Mediterranean, Oceania, exh. cat. (Kansas City, MO: Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, 1966), 15.

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