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Metal anthropomorphic figures
Object Number 2004.29.11606
Display Title Metal anthropomorphic figures
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Africa / From Illustrated London News Sept. 17 - 1927"; Printed on page of photographs: ""Untainted" by Europeanism: / Native art from Dahomey / The Hunter. / The Musician; and the Calabash-carrier. / The Tiller of the soil / The King. / The Executioner. / For the first time in the history of that institution, visitors to the Salon of the / Societe de Artistes Francais were able to see this year. In the gallery reserved / for the works of painters from the French colonies, an exhibition of examples of / decorative art from Dahomey. The items shown were of special interest, for / note of them was "tainted" by European influence, it having been the aim of / the organiser, M. Rouffe, to present only those productions which have retained /" (continued in remarks)
Department Photographic
Date 1927
Culture
  • Dahomey
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 33.6551 × 22.86 cm (13 1/4 × 9 in.)

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