Exchange: Other Works Gifted by Avery Eliscu

Other Works Gifted by Avery Eliscu

Bamum
Drum
carved wood
5 ft. 10 7/8 in. x 17 in. x 20 in. (180.02 x 43.18 x 50.8 cm);x 18 5/16 in. x 46.4 cm
Gift of Avery Z. Eliscu

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Circumcision Figure?
carved and painted wood, metal teeth and raffia
44 1/16 in x 11 7/16 in x 9 7/16 in (112 cm x 29 cm x 24 cm)
Gift of Avery Z. Eliscu

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Nupe
Post
carved wood
62 3/16 in x 7 7/8 in x 7 7/8 in (158 cm x 20 cm x 20 cm)
Gift of Avery Z. Eliscu

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Bembe
Ancestral Shrine Figure (Female)
carved iroko wood and kaolin
43 15/16 in x 9 in x 8 11/16 in (111.6 cm x 22.86 cm x 22.07 cm)
Gift of Avery Z. Eliscu

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Dogon
Standing Figure
carved wood
10 13/16 in x 1 7/16 in x 1 3/8 in (27.5 cm x 3.6 cm x 3.5 cm);10 13/16 in x 1 7/16 in x 1 3/8 in (27.5 cm x 3.6 cm x 3.5 cm)
Gift of Avery Z. Eliscu

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Kran
Secret Society Mask
wood, pigment and natural fiber
15 3/4 in x 9 1/16 in x 10 5/8 in (40 cm x 23 cm x 27 cm)
Gift of Avery Z. Eliscu

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Ndebele; Zambian
Beaded Doll
fiber, glass beads and thread
8 1/4 in x 4 1/2 in (21 cm x 11.5 cm)
Gift of Avery Z. Eliscu

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Kuba
Mask
wood and patination
11 in x 10 5/8 in x 16 15/16 in (28 cm x 27 cm x 43 cm)
Gift of Avery Z. Eliscu

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Red rug with black, white, yellow, and blue geometric designs. Two vertically oriented diamond shapes in the center. White and yellow stepped patterns moving towards the sides and blue and white triangular shapes forming a pattern as a border.

Diné (Navajo)
Rug, Ganado style
synthetic dyes on wool

Gift of Mr. Avery Z. Eliscu

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Naturalistic cow’s head of carved from wood with eyes cut from the bottoms of glass bottles. Natural cow horns are attached. Head is predominantly black with white triangle on forehead, red pigment surrounding eyes, red in interior of ears, white chin, and white dots on cheeks and in red ground around eyes. Horns are white, tipped in black; a fiber cord runs through its nostrils and around back of head.<br />

Bijogo
Mask (vaca bruto, dugn'be type)
wood, glass, paint, metal, animal horns
12 3/16 in x 23 1/4 in (31 cm x 59 cm);12 3/16 in x 28 3/4 in x 23 1/4 in (31 cm x 73 cm x 59 cm)
Gift of Avery Z. Eliscu

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