Acquisitions 2006
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Tiffany Studios, design attributed to Clara Driscoll (American, 1861–1945). Hanging Head Dragonfly Lamp on Mosaic and Turtleback-Tile Base, c. 1906. Glass, mosaic, and bronze: 86.4 x 57.2 cm. Roger and J. Peter McCormick endowments, Robert Allerton Purchase Fund, Goodman Endowment for the Collection of the Friends of American Art, Pauline S. Armstrong Endowment, Edward E. Ayer Endowment in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson; restricted gift of the Antiquarian Society in memory of Helen Richman Gilbert and Lena Turnbull Gilbert, Sandra van den Broek, Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Buchbinder, Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Delaney, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley M. Dixon, Jamee and Marshall Field, Celia and David Hilliard, Elizabeth Souder Louis, Mrs. Herbert A. Vance, and Mr. and Mrs. Morris S. Weeden (2006.2). 18 Acquisitions July 1, 2005–June 30, 2006 African and Stand (Marufad) (with overall small 20th cen., blackened terracotta Amerindian Art patterns), and Qur’an Stand (2005.232). Gur-speaking peoples, (Marufad) (with single large pattern); possibly Lobi; Burkina Faso, Altar African early/mid-20th cen., wood: gift of Vessel, terracotta and sacrificial Lobi; Burkina Faso, or Akan; Ghana John Reuter-Pacyna and Jay Zerbe material, early/mid-20th cen. or Côte d’Ivoire, Figure of a (2005.465–67). Possibly Zulu; (2005.235). Gur-speaking peoples, Monkey, early/mid-20th cen., South Africa, Beaded Apron, mid- possibly Nuna; Burkina Faso, bronze: gift of John Reuter-Pacyna 20th cen., beads and string: gift of Container for Valuables, early/mid- and Jay Zerbe (2005.463). Probably John Reuter-Pacyna and Jay Zerbe 20th cen., blackened terracotta and Lasta; Ethiopia, Triptych Icon with (2005.464). Kwere; Tanzania, Posts slip (2005.229). Kurumba; Burkina Central Image of the Virgin and Representing Male and Female Faso, Storage Container, early/mid- Child, late 17th cen., reign of Iyassu Ancestors, early/mid-20th cen., 20th cen., terracotta (2005.226). I (1682–1706), tempera on linen, wood and kaolin: restricted gift of Kurumba, Kasena, or Mossi; mounted on wood and bound with Terry E. and Cynthia Perucca Burkina Faso, Two Storage cord: Director’s Fund (2006.11). (2006.128.1–2). Containers, early/mid-20th cen., Ethiopia, Processional Cross, mid- terracotta (2005.286–87). Lobi; /late 15th cen., copper, bronze, and The following 67 objects are the Burkina Faso, Water Container brass: Wirt D. Walker Fund partial and promised gift of Keith (Nyondedaa or Nyonnyodaa), (2006.12). Fang; Gabon, Reliquary Achepohl: Aït bou Addou or Aït early/mid-20th cen., blackened ter- Head, mid-/late 19th cen., wood Mendes; Bezzit or Merkalla, Great racotta (2005.233). Nuna; Burkina and copper: Frederick W. Renshaw Kabylie region, Algeria, Couscous Faso, Two Storage Containers, Acquisition Fund, Robert Allerton Platter, early/mid-20th cen., terra- early/mid-20th cen., terracotta and and Ada Turnbull Hertle endow- cotta and pigment (2005.282). Bwa; slip (2005.227–28). Turka; Burkina ments, Robert Allerton Income Burkina Faso, Storage Container, Faso, Storage Container, early/ Fund, Gladys N. Anderson early/mid-20th cen., terracotta and mid-20th cen., terracotta (2005. Endowment (2006.127). Swahili; slip (2005.264). Gur-speaking peo- 268). Babessi; Cameroon, Water Kenya, Qur’an Stand (Marufad) ples; Burkina Faso or Ghana, Container, early/mid-20th cen., (with pierced decoration), Qur’an Container for Valuables, early/mid- terracotta (2005.250). Mambila; Lip 19 or vicinity, Cameroon, Container for cen., blackened terracotta 19th/early 20th cen., terracotta and Liquids, early/mid-20th cen., terra- (2005.225). Inland Niger Delta metal; Storage Container (Etso), cotta (2005.251). Nsei; Cameroon, region, Mali, Ritual Jar, early/mid- early/mid-20th cen., terracotta Bowl for Sauce or Stew (Ku To), 20th cen., blackened terracotta (2005.242, 245). Nupe or related early/mid-20th cen., blackened ter- (2005.221). Maninka; Kangaba, tradition; Nigeria, Storage racotta (2005.248). Possibly Nsei; Mali, Water Container (Jidaga), Container and Water or Palm Wine Cameroon, Container, Possibly for early/mid-20th cen., terracotta and Container, early/mid-20th cen., ter- Use as an Oil Lamp, early/mid-20th slip (2005.265). Somono; Mali, racotta (2005.243–44). Yoruba; cen., blackened terracotta Water Container, late 19th/mid-20th Nigeria, Shrine Jar, late 19th/early (2005.249). Yamba; possibly Gom, cen., terracotta, slip, and kaolin 20th cen., terracotta (2005.241). Cameroon, Palm Wine Container, (2005.222). Possibly Somono or Yoruba; Ekiti, Nigeria, Shrine Jar, early/mid-20th cen., terracotta Bobo; Mali or Burkina Faso, Water early/mid-20th cen., terracotta (2005.274). Senufo; Côte d’Ivoire, Container, early/mid-20th cen., ter- (2005.270). Yoruba; Osogbo or Water Container (Funjoho), racotta and slip (2005.220). Hausa; vicinity, Nigeria, Osun Shrine Jar, early/mid-20th cen., terracotta and Niger, Water or Storage Container, early/mid-20th cen., terracotta slip (2005.230). Ambundu or early/mid-20th cen., terracotta and (2005.277). Baatonu (Bariba); Chokwe; Democratic Republic of slip (2005.263). Jerma; vicinity of Republic of Benin, Jar (Wékéru) and the Congo or Angola, Bottle, late Niamey, Niger, Two Water Shea Butter Jar (Bwéeru or Wéké 19th/early 20th cen., terracotta Containers, early/mid-20th cen., ter- Gumgia), early/mid-20th cen., terra- (2005.255). Lunda or Luba; racotta and pigment (2005.223–24). cotta; Jar (Wékéru), mid-20th cen., Democratic Republic of the Congo Bëna; Nigeria, Container for Ritual terracotta and pigment (2005. or Zambia, Figural Bottle, mid-/late Healing (Ngwarkandangra), mid- 271–72, 276). Baatonu (Bariba) or 20th cen., terracotta (2005.284). 20th cen., terracotta (2005.279). Yoruba; Republic of Benin or Mangbetu or Zande; Democratic Cham, Mwona, or Longuda; Nigeria, Shea Butter Jar (Bwéeru or Republic of the Congo, Bottle, Nigeria, Two Containers for Ritual Wéké Gumgia) or Shrine Jar, late early/mid-20th cen., terracotta Healing (Itinate or Kwandalowa), 19th/early 20th cen., terracotta (2005.254). Songye; Democratic mid-20th cen., terracotta; Container (2005.240). Teke; Republic of Republic of the Congo, Storage for Ritual Healing (Itinate or Congo, Bottle, early/mid-20th cen., Container (Mulondo), early/mid- Kwandalha), mid-20th cen., terra- terracotta (2005.253). Zulu; Hlabisa 20th cen., terracotta (2005.252). cotta (2005.269, 280–81). Gwari; region, KwaZulu-Natal, South Possibly Zela; Democratic Republic Nigeria, Water Container, early/mid- Africa, Vessel for Serving Beer of the Congo, Figural Bottle, 20th cen., blackened terracotta, (Izikhamba), mid-20th cen., black- mid-/late 20th cen., terracotta (2005.246). Igbo; Ishiagu, Nigeria, ened terracotta (2005.261). Zulu; (2005.283). Gur-speaking peoples, Water or Palm Wine Container (Iti KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Two possibly Frafra; Ghana or Burkina or Udu), mid-20th cen., terracotta Vessels for Serving Beer Faso, Container, Possibly for Water, (2005.266). Northeastern Igbo; (Izikhamba), mid-20th cen., black- early/mid-20th cen., blackened ter- Nigeria, Title-Taking Vessel, mid- ened terracotta (2005.259–60). racotta (2005.231). Kwahu; 20th cen., terracotta (2005.267). Unidentified culture; northeast Nkawkaw, Ghana, Commemorative Jen (Janjo), Bata, or Kwa; Nigeria, Tanzania, Medicine Container Container (Abusua Kuruwa), late Ritual Container (Ku’chan), mid- (Nkhoba), early/mid-20th cen., ter- 19th/early 20th cen., terracotta and 20th cen., terracotta and sacrificial racotta (2005.278). Possibly Kisi or sacrificial material (2005.237). Ewe, material (2005.234). Possibly Mafa; Pare; Tanzania, Ritual Container, Aja, or Fon; Ghana or Togo, Pair of Mandara Mountains region, Nigeria early/mid-20th cen., terracotta and Shrine Figures, late 19th/early 20th or Cameroon, Ritual Container, glass beads (2005.256). Gwembe cen., terracotta (2005.238.1–2). early/mid-20th cen., terracotta Tonga; Zambia, Container for Unidentified culture; Kenya, Sudan, (2005.236). Mambila or Mfumte; Water or Beer (Inongo), mid-/late or Uganda, Container, mid-/late possibly Mbat, Nigeria or Cameroon, 20th cen., terracotta and pigment 20th cen., terracotta and pigment Figural Vessel, mid-20th cen., terra- (2005.258). Lozi or Mbunda; (2005.285). Bamana; Mali, Water cotta (2005.247). Nupe; Nigeria, Zambia, Two Water Bottles, mid- Container (Jidaga), early/mid-20th Water or Palm Wine Container, late 20th cen., terracotta and pigment 20 (2005.257, 275). Shona; Zimbabwe (2006.122). Ijo; Nigeria, Water Modeled Quail, Linked Diamonds, or Mozambique, Container for Spirit Headdress, probably 20th and Diagonal Bands of Stepped Water or Beer, mid-/late 20th cen., cen., wood, pigment, and kaolin Scrolls; Macaw Effigy Vessel with a terracotta and enamel paint (2006.123). Tiv; Nigeria, Snuff Diagonal Band of Stepped Scrolls (2005.262). Ring, probably early/mid-20th cen., and Macaw-head Motifs; Jar with copper alloy (2006.124). Yoruba; Two Horned-and-Plumed Serpents, The following 21 objects are the gift Nigeria, Figure of Eshu Elegba, Macaw-head Motifs, and Birds; of Richard Faletti, the Faletti Family 19th cen., wood and leather a.d. 1280–1450, ceramic and Collection: Nuna; Burkina Faso, (2006.108). Zulu; South Africa, pigment (2004.1145–47, 1150–51). Flute, probably early/mid-20th cen., Milk Vessel, probably 20th cen., Casas Grandes; Villa Ahumada wood and leather (2006.119). wood (2006.126). Polychrome, Ramos variant, Jar Keaka; Cameroon, Healing Figure, with Diagonal, Serrated Bands and North American early 20th cen., wood (2006.114). Macaw-head Motifs, a.d. Maine; Penobscot