Daboa

Hoffman, Malvina (1887-1966)


Item type:
sculpture
Date of creation:
1931
Height:
54.9 cm  (21 5/8 in.)
Width:
20.3 cm  (8 in.)
Depth:
27.3 cm  (10 3/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
bronze
Place of creation:
Paris (France)

    Item location

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
    American paintings and sculpture[Museum inv. no.: 34.40.2]Signed and inscribed (right side of base): ©MALVINA HOFFMAN FIELD MUSEUM CHICAGO

Description

Statuette of a dancing woman of the Sara tribe, Lake Chad District, Africa. It was made in Paris and is a study of a life-size bronze statue in the series of the ethnological types made for the Field Museum, Chicago.

Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

3715