Aduno koro (Ritual Vessel)

CultureDogon peoples
Titles
  • Aduno koro (Ritual Vessel)
  • aduno koro, "ark of the world"
Date1700–1820
PlaceMali, Africa
MediumWood
Dimensions18 × 76 3/4 × 19 1/2 in. (45.7 × 195 × 49.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of D. and J. de Menil
Object number64.11
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
204M Isla Turner Gallery
On view

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Department
African Art
Provenance[J. J. Klejman (1906–1995), New York]; purchased by John de Menil (1904–1973) and Dominique de Menil (1908–1997), Houston; given to MFAH, 1964.
Exhibition History"A Modern Patronage: de Menil Gifts to American and European Museums," The Menil Collection, Houston, June 8–September 16, 2007.

"Recollecting Dogon," The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas, February 3–July 9, 2017.




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