ClassificationsAfrican Art
Headrest
Place CreatedMali, Africa
CultureDogon
Dateca. 1890
MediumWood, raffia
Credit LineGift of George May Department Stores
Dimensions32 1/4 x 8 3/16 x 5 1/2 in. (81.9 x 20.8 x 14 cm)
Object number1968.200
Label TextHeadrest represents a horse, indicating it may once have been owned by the hogon, a priest and blacksmith. The horse and blacksmith are important cult figures of the Dogon.Exhibition HistoryA Preview of the Collections, Schatten Gallery, February 15 - April 4, 1982
Canon Chapel Installation, Emory University, February 24, 1989
Published ReferencesEmory University Museum of Art and Archaeology: A Preview of the Collections (Atlanta: The Museum, 1982), 10.
ProvenanceEx coll. Emory University Art History Department, acquired from May Department Store at South East College Art Association metting, St. Louis, Missouri, 1968. Transferred to Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, ca. 1981.
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800-600 BCE
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