On View
- Artist
- Unknown (Ivorian, Senufo People)
- Title
- Finial for Champion Cultivator Staff
- Date
- early 20th century
- Medium
- Wood
- Dimensions
- 10 5/8 x 3 1/8 x 4 in. overall
- Credit
- Gift of Lester Wunderman
- Accession No.
- 62.3.10
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Geography
- Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
Related
Acquired by Lester Wunderman (New York, NY) between January 1957 [1] and May 1962 (when he made contact with UW–Madison staff about the collection) from an as-yet unknown European source; July 1962, given by Lester Wunderman to the University of Wisconsin–Madison; 1967, transferred to UW–Madison’s Elvehjem Art Center (now called the Chazen Museum of Art). [Last researched by Chazen staff 4/28/2023] [1] when he first began collecting African art, according to the preface of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s catalogue "Art of the Dogon: Selections from the Lester Wunderman Collection"
- Exhibition gallery guide, "Revealing Forms: African Art from the Elvehjem Collection." 2002.
- Drewal, Henry John. "African Art at the Elvehjem." Bulletin/Biennial Report 2001-2003. Elvehjem Museum of Art (2003): 16-36. pp. 16-36
- Revealing Forms: African Art from the Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/20/2002–6/16/2002
- Negro Heritage: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 11/1/1968–6/11/1969
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