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Art of Asia, Oceania, and Africa MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON Annual Report Acquisitions July 2013–June 2014: Art of Asia, Oceania, and Africa Object No. Artist Title Culture/Date/Place Medium Credit Line 1. 2013.879 Nandalal Bose (Indian, Bull Fighter; one of the "Haripura Indian, 1937 Tempera on paper Keith McLeod Fund 1882–1966) posters" 2. 2013.880 Artist Unidentified, African Ceremonial staff Swazi peoples, Wood Hy and Shirley Zaret Acquisition Kingdom of Swaziland, Fund for African Art early 20th century 3. 2013.881 Artist Unidentified, African Bowl Lozi peoples, Zambia, Wood Hy and Shirley Zaret Acquisition late 19th century Fund for African Art 4. 2013.882 Artist Unidentified, African Headrest Shona peoples, Wood Hy and Shirley Zaret Acquisition Zimbabwe (formerly Fund for African Art Southern Rhodesia), early 20th century 5. 2013.883 Artist Unidentified, African Headrest Shona peoples, Wood Hy and Shirley Zaret Acquisition Zimbabwe, early 20th Fund for African Art century 6. 2013.884 Artist Unidentified, African Headrest Tsonga/Shangaan Wood Hy and Shirley Zaret Acquisition peoples, Zimbabwe Fund for African Art (formerly Shouther Rhodesia), early 20th century 7. 2013.885 Artist Unidentified, African Granery door (with Ndoro Tonga peoples, Wood with pigment Hy and Shirley Zaret Acquisition designs) Zimbabwe (formerly Fund for African Art Southern Rhodesia), early 20th century 8. 2013.886 Artist Unidentified, African Headrest Zulu peoples, South Wood Hy and Shirley Zaret Acquisition Africa, early 20th Fund for African Art century 9. 2013.887 Artist Unidentified, African Headrest Zulu peoples, South Wood Hy and Shirley Zaret Acquisition Africa, early 20th Fund for African Art century 10. 2013.888 Artist Unidentified, African Prestige staff Zulu peoples, South Wood Hy and Shirley Zaret Acquisition Africa, late 19th–early Fund for African Art 20th century Annual Report Acquisitions July 2013–June 2014: Art of Asia, Oceania, and Africa Page 2 of 32 Object No. Artist Title Culture/Date/Place Medium Credit Line 11. 2013.889 Artist Unidentified, African Headrest Ntwana peoples, South Wood Hy and Shirley Zaret Acquisition Africa, early 20th Fund for African Art century 12. 2013.892 Artist Unidentified, African Pot Matabele peoples, Wood Gift of Udo Horstmann Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia), early 20th century 13. 2013.894 Artist Unidentified, African Doll Ntwana peoples, South Wood, fiber, beads Gift of Udo Horstmann Africa, early 20th century 14. 2013.895 Artist Unidentified, African Doll Sotho peoples, South Wood, glass beads, Gift of Udo Horstmann Africa, late 19th–early fiber 20th century 15. 2013.896 Artist Unidentified, African Doll Ndebele peoples, Wood, glass beads, Gift of Udo Horstmann South Africa, mid 20th fiber century 16. 2013.897 Artist Unidentified, African Doll Shangaan, Pedi, or Fiber, glass beads, Gift of Udo Horstmann Sotho peoples, South bamboo, cloth Africa, 20th century 17. 2013.898 Artist Unidentified, African Platter Zulu peoples, South Wood Gift of Udo Horstmann Africa, 20th century 18. 2013.899 Artist Unidentified, African Knobkerrie Zulu peoples, South Wood, copper alloy Gift of Udo Horstmann Africa, late 19th century nails 19. 2013.900 Artist Unidentified, African Knobkerrie Zulu peoples, South Wood Gift of Udo Horstmann Africa, late 19th–early 20th century 20. 2013.901 Artist Unidentified, African Knobkerrie Zulu peoples, South Wood Gift of Udo Horstmann Africa, early 20th century 21. 2013.902 Artist Unidentified, African Spoon Zulu peoples, South Wood Gift of Udo Horstmann Africa, 20th century 22. 2013.903 Artist Unidentified, African Headrest Swazi peoples, Wood Gift of Udo Horstmann Kingdom of Swaziland, early 20th century Annual Report Acquisitions July 2013–June 2014: Art of Asia, Oceania, and Africa Page 3 of 32 Object No. Artist Title Culture/Date/Place Medium Credit Line 23. 2013.1657 Duan Fang (1861 - 1911) Egyptian rubbing with calligraphic Egyptian, 1906 Ink on paper Keith McLeod Fund inscription 24. 2013.1732 Artist Unidentified, African Commemorative Head Edo peoples, Benin Terracotta, iron Robert Owen Lehman Collection Kingdom, Nigeria, 16th–17th century 25. 2013.1733 Zhang Daqian (Chinese, Hollyhock Chinese, 1944 Ink and color on Gift of Robert W. and Evelyn H. 1899–1983) paper Doran in honor of David and Eleanor Doran 26. 2013.1820a-c Tea kettle and lid with design of Japanese, Muromachi - Iron Keith McLeod Fund pine tree, hanging chair and cord Momoyama periods, 16th century 27. 2013.1821a-b Incense container (kogo) box and Japanese, Momoyama Cloisonne with Keith McLeod Fund lid with design of paulownia period (cloisonne); Meiji lacquer era (lacquer), 16th– early 20th century 28. 2013.1822 Nandalal Bose (Indian, Untitled, 28/5/59 (waterfall) Indian, 1959 Sumi-e (ink on Gift of Mary K. Eliot and Supratik 1882–1966) paper) Bose in memory of Okakura Kakuzo 29. 2013.1823 Nandalal Bose (Indian, Untitled, 11/10/60 (six fish) Indian, 1960 Sumi-e (ink on thick Gift of Mary K. Eliot and Supratik 1882–1966) paper) Bose in memory of Okakura Kakuzo 30. 2013.1824 Nandalal Bose (Indian, Untitled, 9/3/61 (four boars) Indian, 1961 Sumi-e (ink on thick Gift of Mary K. Eliot and Supratik 1882–1966) paper) Bose in memory of Okakura Kakuzo 31. 2013.1825 Nandalal Bose (Indian, Untitled, 15/20/60 (two women in Indian, 1960 Sumi-e (ink on thick Gift of Mary K. Eliot and Supratik 1882–1966) a wet padi field) paper) Bose in memory of Okakura Kakuzo 32. 2013.1826 Nandalal Bose (Indian, Untitled, 6/59 (bullock cart Indian, 1959 Sumi-e (ink on Gift of Mary K. Eliot and Supratik 1882–1966) caravan) paper) Bose in memory of Okakura Kakuzo 33. 2013.1827 Bottle in the form of a double Korean, Goryeo Stoneware with Gift of John C. Weber gourd dynasty, 12th century natural ash glaze Annual Report Acquisitions July 2013–June 2014: Art of Asia, Oceania, and Africa Page 4 of 32 Object No. Artist Title Culture/Date/Place Medium Credit Line 34. 2013.4148 Artist Unidentified, African Male mask (gelede) African, Yoruba Wood and pigment Gift of Timothy Phillips in honor of peoples, Ketu Christraud Geary Kingdom, Nigeria, Mid-20th century 35. 2013.4149 Artist Unidentified, African Mask African, Chokwe Wood, pigment, fiber Gift of Timothy Phillips in honor of peoples, Angola, 20th Christraud Geary century 36. 2013.4150 Artist Unidentified, African Vessel African, Lozi peoples, Wood Gift of Timothy Phillips in honor of Zambia, 20th century Christraud Geary 37. 2013.4151 Artist Unidentified, African Double headrest Zulu peoples, South Wood Gift of Timothy Phillips in honor of Africa, 20th century Christraud Geary 38. 2013.4152 Artist Unidentified, African Vessel African, Zulu peoples, Wood Gift of Timothy Phillips in honor of South Africa, 20th Christraud Geary century 39. 2013.4153 Artist Unidentified, African Meat platter African, Zulu peoples, Gift of Timothy Phillips in honor of South Africa, mid 20th Christraud Geary century 40. 2013.4154 Artist Unidentified, African Milk pail African, Zulu peoples, Wood Gift of Timothy Phillips in honor of South Africa, mid 20th Christraud Geary century 41. 2013.4155 Wang Yuanqi (Chinese, Southern Hills After Spring Rain Chinese, Qing dynasty, Ink and color on Gift of Hsing Ching Weng Trust in 1642–1715) late17th–early 18th paper memory of Virginia Dzung Weng century 42. 2014.104 Headdress African, Ejagham Wood, leather, and Bequest of William E. Teel peoples, Nigeria, 20th raffia century 43. 2014.105 Middle Sepik gable mask Sepik River region, Bequest of William E. Teel Papua New Guinea, 20th century 44. 2014.106 Wooden gable mask Sepik River, Papua Wood, pigment Bequest of William E. Teel New Guinea, 20th century Annual Report Acquisitions July 2013–June 2014: Art of Asia, Oceania, and Africa Page 5 of 32 Object No. Artist Title Culture/Date/Place Medium Credit Line 45. 2014.107 Era River/Wapo Creek bioma Era/Wapo Creek, Wood, pigment Bequest of William E. Teel figure Papuan gulf, Papua New Guinea, 20th century 46. 2014.108 Akan Funerary Head Akan group, Asante or Terracotta Bequest of William E. Teel Agni peoples, Ghana, 20th century Ghana 47. 2014.109 Ancestor board Era/Wapo Creek, Wood, pigments Bequest of William E. Teel Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, 20th century 48. 2014.110 Mask Nuna peoples, Burkina Wood and paint Bequest of William E. Teel Faso, 20th century 49. 2014.111 Mask Dan peoples, Liberia / Bequest of William E. Teel Guinea, 20th century 50. 2014.112 Mask Dan peoples, Liberia / Wood Bequest of William E. Teel Guinea, 20th century 51. 2014.113 Shield Sepik River, Papua Bequest of William E. Teel New Guinea, 20th century 52. 2014.114 Fern figure Malekula, Vanuatu, Bequest of William E. Teel 20th century 53. 2014.116 Table Luba peoples, Bequest of William E. Teel Democratic Republic of the Congo, 20th century 54. 2014.117 Tellem figure Dogon peoples, Mali, Wood Bequest of William E. Teel 18th century 55. 2014.118 Mask African, Kuba peoples, Wood, fiber, beads, Bequest of William E. Teel Democratic Republic of cowrie the Congo, 20th century Annual Report Acquisitions July 2013–June 2014: Art of Asia, Oceania, and Africa Page 6 of 32 Object No. Artist Title Culture/Date/Place Medium Credit Line 56. 2014.119 Figure (Temes Nevimbur ) Southern Malekula, Wood, cobwebs, Bequest of William E. Teel Vanuatu, 20th century clay, pigment, boar tusks 57. 2014.120 Bark painting Kwoma peoples, Papua Bequest of William E. Teel New Guinea, 20th century 58. 2014.121 Bark painting Kwoma peoples, Bequest of William E. Teel Washkuk hills, Papua New Guinea, 20th century 59. 2014.122 Figure Dogon or Lobi peoples, Wood Bequest of William E. Teel Mali, 20th century 60. 2014.123 Figure Mumuye peoples, Wood Bequest of William E. Teel Nigeria, 20th century 61. 2014.125 Mask Mossi or Nioniosi Wood, polychrome Bequest of William E. Teel peoples, Burkina Faso, 20th century Anagodougu region, Mali 62. 2014.127 Skull rack Papuan Gulf, Papua Wood, pigment Bequest of William E.
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