TITLE OF WORK: Head for the Kebekebe snake dance. Kuyu people
TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, wood, painted
DATE: 1925
DATE DETAILS: approx.
DIMENSIONS: 71 cm height
COMMENTS: Mother with two children, towered over by an elephant. Republic of Congo, between the Sangha and the upper Ogowe, on the river Kuyu, which flows into the Congo. In order to honor the mythical snake Eb
TITLE OF WORK: The Mongol emperor Akbar watching two dancers
TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, manuscript illumination, miniature, color
DATE: 1580
DATE DETAILS: approx.
COMMENTS: Illustration on a page from the "Akbar-nâma" showing the emperor Akbar entertained in the palace of Mâlwâ in 1590. The dancers in strange costumes are probably Portuguese from Goa.
ARTIST: Robert Jacob Hamerton (U.K., 1810?-1904) (drawing); Day & Hague (engraving)
TITLE OF WORK: An improvised evening in the kitchen of the Déry house in Pont-Rouge, around 1817 (Une soirée de danse improvisée dans la cuisine de la maison Déry à Pont-Rouge, vers 1817)