Palm Wine Vessel

Arts of Africa

Mid–20th century

Baule
Côte d’Ivoire
Coastal West Africa

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Africa

Culture: Baule
Title: Palm Wine Vessel
Place: Côte d'Ivoire (Object found in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1925–1975
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: 33.5 × 18.1 cm (13 1/8 × 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Gwendolyn J. Baker
Reference Number: 1969.908

Warren M. Robbins, African Art in American Collections (New York and London: Frederick A. Praeger, 1966), pp. 94, pl. 92 (ill.).

Bloomington, Ind., Indiana University, African Studies Conference, 1966.
Kansas City, Mo., Nelson Gallery, Atkins Museum, Ethnic Art from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Baker, Dec. 17, 1966–Jan. 29, 1967, cat. 74.
New York, N.Y., Museum of Primitive Art, The Herbert Baker Collection, Nov. 19, 1969–Feb. 8, 1970, cat. 110.
Art Institute of Chicago, Women’s Work: African Terracotta Vessels, July 26–Sept. 14, 1997, no cat.

Herbert Baker and Gwendolyn J. Baker (née Miller), Chicago, Ill., by 1966; by descent to Gwendolyn J. Baker, by 1969; given to the Art Institute, 1969.

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