CultureNgbaka peoples
Titles
- Pipe with Human Head, Boka
- Pipe (boka) with Human Head
Date1900–1940
PlaceDemocratic Republic of the Congo
MediumWood, silver, copper, iron, cotton cloth, glass beads, and paint
DimensionsOverall: 17 × 1 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (43.2 × 3.8 × 12.1 cm)
Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection
Object number91.1452
Non exposé
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Department
African ArtObject Type
Exhibition History"Sculpture of Black Africa: The Gus Nicholson Collection," Rice Museum, Rice University, Houston, December 12, 1980 - February 22, 1981 [1].
[1] Exhibition check list, no. 98 (on file).
“The Private Eye: Selected Works from Collections of Friends of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 11, 1989-August 13, 1989.
EXHIBITED at MFAH, Sterling Gallery, November 4, 1998-present PERMANENT COLLECTION INSTALLATION
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1875–1925
Ivory, iron, glass beads, brass bells, cotton cloth, wood, and cane
91.1551
1900–1950
Raffia cloth, glass beads, cowry shells, raffia, wood, and paint
73.89
1900–1950
Cotton cloth, flannel, glass beads, raffia cloth, indigo dye, and cane (?)
97.341
1865–1935
Wood, kaolin, paint, wire, cotton string, and trade cloth
90.401
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1884–1895
Wood, paint, opercula shells, lime plaster, plant fiber, bark, bark cloth, rattan, and cord
90.256
