Aduno koro (Ritual Vessel)

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Artist Unknown African

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

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Department

African Art

Object Type

CEREMONIAL OBJECTS & REGALIA

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.

Published References Radin, Paul and Sweeney, James Johnson. African Folktales and Sculpture. Pantheon Books, 1964. Plate 172, pages 350-351. Ross, Doran H. "African Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," African Arts Vol. XXXVI, No. 3 (Autum 2003). Los Angeles, Calif.: UCLA . Pages 36-37, figure 3. "The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: A Guide to the Collection," 1981, intro. by William C. Agee, entry by Dr. Leon Seroto, pages 209-210, No. 337. "The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, A Permanent Legacy," Introduction by Dr. Peter C. Marzio, Houston, 1989. Short, Alvai Wardlaw. "A Close Look at the Dogon Ark," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Bulletin, Winter 1975, Vol. V, No. 4. Houston: MFAH. Pages 9-18.

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