Head of a Hobbyhorse (korèdugaso)
late 1800s-early 1900s
Maker Unknown
African Art
Head of a Hobbyhorse (korèdugaso), late 1800s-early 1900s. Africa, West Africa, Mali, Bamana blacksmith. Wood and iron; overall: 14 x 13.8 x 40.8 cm (5 1/2 x 5 7/16 x 16 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Albert Ford Memorial Fund 1935.307
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- Wood and iron
- Dimensions
- Overall: 14 x 13.8 x 40.8 cm (5 1/2 x 5 7/16 x 16 1/16 in.)
- Departments
- African Art
- Accession Number
- 1935.307
- Credit Line
- James Albert Ford Memorial Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Silver Jubilee Exhibition, Exhibition of the Month: Design in Sculpture, Primitive to Contemporary Sculpture, Perfect Documents: Walker Evans and African Art, The Language of Beauty in African Art, NY, Museum of Modern Art, 1935-1936: African Negro Art, cat. no. 10, repr. pl. 10, (also to CMA 9/27 - 10/27, 1935), and tour.<br>Flint, MI, Flint Institute of Arts, 1941: Art Marches On!, November 14-December 31, 1941, cat. no. 43, repr.<br>Toledo, OH, Toledo Museum of Art, 1959: The African Image, cat. no. 25, repr. p. 30.<br>NY: Museum of Primitive Art, 1960: Bambara Sculpture from the Western Sudan, cat. no. 53, repr. pl. 37.<br>NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Perfect Documents: Walker Evans and African Art, 2/1/00 - 9/3/00, exh. cat. no. 18, p. 68.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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