Harvard Art Museums > 1998.311: Blolo Bla (Spirit Partner) Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Blolo Bla (Spirit Partner) (Unidentified Artist) , 1998.311,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/232340. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1998.311 People Unidentified Artist Title Blolo Bla (Spirit Partner) Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture Date 19th-20th century Places Creation Place: Africa, Cote d'Ivoire Culture Baule Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/232340 Physical Descriptions Medium Iroko wood Dimensions 41 x 7.3 x 9 cm (16 1/8 x 2 7/8 x 3 9/16 in.) with base: 43.3 x 10 x 9 cm (17 1/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 9/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, CT, Bequest to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1998. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Lois Orswell Collection Accession Year 1998 Object Number 1998.311 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Timothy Anglin Burgard, American Art at Harvard: Cultures and Contexts, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1994), pp. 8, 12, cat. 83 Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 285 p. 359, repr. in color as fig. 6 p. 19 Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Ivan Gaskell, Sara Schechner, and Sarah Anne Carter, Tangible Things: Making History through Objects, Oxford University Press (NY) (New York, 2015), pp. 30-31, repr. p. 31 as fig. 34 Exhibition History American Art at Harvard: Cultures and Contexts, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/01/1994 - 12/30/1994 The Persistence of Memory: Continuity and Change in American Cultures, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/29/1995 - 05/13/2001 Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/21/2002 - 02/16/2003 Tangible Things, The Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Cambridge, 01/24/2011 - 05/29/2011 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
