2018.010.256

Object Title
Face from Coffin Lid
Measurements
42.5 x 16.5 x 9.5 cm
Creation Date
722-525 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of the Georges Ricard Foundation
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/38660/face-from-coffin-lid?ctx=864957f3fe1fccdbed7071736fda270489f2ebc4&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years.
Provenance Information
Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California, possibly purchased from Alain Renner, Issoudun, France.
Exhibition Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been exhibited.
Publication Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been published.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
The donor acquired most of his collection at small French auctions in the 1970s.

1994.004.342

Object Title
Figurated Shrine Post from the Agbeni Shango Shrine
Measurements
153.7 x 16.5 cm
Creation Date
1910-1937
Credit Line
Ex coll. William S. Arnett
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Country of Origin
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/18438/figurated-shrine-post-from-the-agbeni-shango-shrine?ctx=0b46a6c2b57759b1a85e440d3052acb7860d546c&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 75 years
Provenance Information
Ex coll. William S. Arnett (1939-2020), Atlanta, Georgia.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Installation, Rotation 1, December 15, 1995 - February 1997
MCCM Permanent Collection Installation, November 19, 2007 - December 1, 2014
Publication Information
Eva Meyerowitz, "Notes on the King-God Shango and His Temple at Ibadan, Southern Nigeria," Man 47 (March - April 1946): 25, figure 2.
Geoffrey Parrinder, Religion in an African City (London: Oxford University Press, 1953), figure 3.
Tim Gordon and Michael Lancaster, "Orisha Houses in Ibadan," Ibadan (February 1961): 22-23.
Norma H. Wolff and D. Michael Warren, "The Agbeni Shango Shrine in Ibadan: A Century of Continuity," African Arts 31 (Summer 1998): 38, 40.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Purchased by museum in 1994. Provenance research is ongoing to confirm this object was collected legally and ethically.

1994.003.003

Object Title
Beaded Bowl Figure
Measurements
70.6 x 35.3 x 30.5 cm
Creation Date
late 19th-early 20th Century
Credit Line
Gift of William S. Arnett
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/19777/beaded-bowl-figure?ctx=8dc2518697e1fe8be9ebed146328fdf33d29ae48&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 50 years
Provenance Information
Acquired by Gilbert Schneider (1920-1999), missionary with the American Baptist Mission, as a gift from the Kom king Fon Law-aw, Cameroon, 1958 - 1966. Ex private collection, Athens, Georgia, by 1975. Ex coll. William Arnett (1939-2020, Atlanta, Georgia, by 1989.
Exhibition Information
Cameroon Art: Selections from the Collection of William Arnett, The Art Gallery, Kennesaw State College, Kennesaw, Georgia, January 30 - March 22, 1989
MCCM Permanent Collection Installation, May 11, 1993 - July 1994
MCCM Permanent Collection Installation, Rotation 1, December 15, 1995 - February 1997
MCCM Permanent Collection Installation, Rotation 2, February 1997 - July 1998
MCCM Permanent Collection Installation, Rotation 3, September 26, 1998 - Spring 2003
MCCM Permanent Collection Installation, July 19, 2003 - March 13, 2007
MCCM Permanent Collection Installation, November 19, 2007 - December 1, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Installation, August 6, 2016 - January 12, 2022
MCCM Permanent Collection Installation, May 17, 2022 - Present
Publication Information
Tamara Northern, Royal Art of Cameroon: The Art of the Bamenda-Tikar (Hanover: Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, 1973), 23, figure 11.
Fred Ferretti, Afo-a-Kom: Sacred Art of Cameroon (New York: The Third Press, 1975), 59-61.
Pierre Harter, Arts anciens du Cameroun (Arnouville: Arts d'Afrique noire, 1986), 79, 209-12.
Cameroon Art: Selections from the Collection of William Arnett (Kennesaw: Kennesaw State College, 1989), back cover.
Warren M. Robbins and Nancy Ingram Nooter, African Art in American Collections: Survey 1989 (Washington DC: Smithsonian University Press, 1989), 318.
Michael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 100.
MCCM Newsletter, December 2007 - February 2008.
Michael C. Carlos Museum: Highlights of the Collections (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2011), 105.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Gifted to museum in 1994. Provenance research on this object is ongoing to determine if object was collected legally and ethically.

2013.043.006

Object Title
Feet from a Coffin Lid
Measurements
19.1 x 25.4 x 5.7 cm
Creation Date
1190-1077 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Joseph A. Lewis II and Sofi Lewis
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/32648/feet-from-a-coffin-lid?ctx=6b00cc8b487981a1abb713414a2253c82808d3ad&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex private collection, England, acquired in Ipswich, 1980. With Bonhams London, October 6, 2010, lot 394. Ex coll. Joseph and Sofi Lewis, purchased from Bonhams, October 11, 2010.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, March 21, 2016 - Present
Publication Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been published.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
The Carlos continues to conduct provenance research on this object and all objects in our collection.

2017.047.001A/D

Object Title
Ptah-Sokar-Osiris
Creation Date
305-30 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Harshna and Pyush Patel
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/36814/ptahsokarosiris?ctx=3fcf7c2a7010642436439201bc21d247e2f822f0&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years.
Provenance Information
Said to have been exported out of Egypt before 1983. Ex private collection, Netherlands. Ex coll. Pyush Patel, United States, purchased from Mark Goodstein [Explorer Ancient Art], New York, New York, June 2016.
Exhibition Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been exhibited.
Publication Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been published.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
The Carlos continues to conduct provenance research on this and all objects in our collection.

2011.043.003A/B

Object Title
Corn Osiris Figure and Coffin
Measurements
58.4 x 19.1 x 7.6 cm
Creation Date
722-30 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Joseph A. Lewis, II and Sofi Lewis
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/31285/corn-osiris-figure-and-coffin?ctx=85b648c113ab3dba7d2b47d1a9da7f656fe79c82&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex coll. Dr. John Winnie, St Marys, Georgia. Ex coll. Joseph and Sofi Lewis, United States, purchased from Noele and Ronald Mele Ancient Art, New York, March 25, 2010.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 24, 2013 - Present
Publication Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been published.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
The Carlos continues to conduct provenance research on this object.

2010.042.002

Object Title
Upper Half of Cartonnage Coffin
Measurements
78.7 x 43.2 x 27.9 cm
Creation Date
343-746 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Joseph A. Lewis, II and Sofi Lewis
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/23919/upper-half-of-cartonnage-coffin?ctx=759efa3a64f19d57868f830598f05f40dbb41aaa&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex private collection, Switzerland, purchased from Frieda Tchacos [Galerie Nefer], Zurich, Switzerland. Ex coll. Joseph and Sofi Lewis, United States.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, 2007 - August 22, 2011
Publication Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been published.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
The Carlos continues to conduct provenance research on this and all objects in our collection.

2006.063.007

Object Title
Coffin Fragment
Measurements
9.5 x 2.4 x 29.7 cm
Creation Date
30 BCE - 323 CE
Credit Line
Gift of Joseph A. Lewis II and Sofi Lewis
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/24113/coffin-fragment
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 1000 CE
Provenance Information
Ex coll. Simon Ohan Simonian, Switzerland, from 1970s. Imported into United States, July 8, 2003. Ex coll. Joseph and Sofi Lewis, United States, purchased from Kevork Simonian [Nomis Antiquities], Van Nuys, California, 2006.
Exhibition Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been exhibited.
Publication Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been published.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Was gifted to the museum in 2006.

2017.75.1-2

Object Title
Egyptian Wooden Clappers
Measurements
21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.)
Creation Date
1985 - 1295 BC
Credit Line
Marilyn M. Simpson Fund
Culture
Country of Origin
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/egyptian-wooden-clappers-one-of-a-pair-645723
Provenance Information
November 8, 1975, sold by the Galerie Uraeus, Paris, to Antoine (or Anton) Groth, Zurich; by descent within the family; April 15, 2015, consigned anonymously by a member of the Groth family, Christie’s, London (sale 10372), lot 160, to Walter Gilbert, Cambridge, MA; 2017, sold by Walter Gilbert to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 1, 2017)
Exhibition Information
None known.
Publication Information
None known.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
These clappers were on the European market in 1975 (if not earlier), several years before Egypt’s law no. 117 went into effect in 1983. Although they cannot be traced all the way to 1970, clappers are common and relatively minor objects, making them difficult to trace. Further information from the Galerie Uraeus is not available.

2015.500.1.84a,b

Object Title
Round Box and Cover
Measurements
H. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); Diam. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Creation Date
2nd–3rd century, Eastern Han dynasty (25–220)
Credit Line
Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/39701
Provenance Information
Purchased from Donald J. Wineman Fine Asian Art, New York, by Florence and Herbert Irving, New York in 1991; Collection of Florence and Herbert Irving, New York from 1991 to 2015, on loan to The Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1997 until donation to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2015.
Exhibition Information
None
Publication Information
Published on The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s online collection database. http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/39701?sortBy=Relevance&ft=2015.500.1.84*&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=1 as of July 2015
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
The Round box and cover has been on long-term loan to the Museum since 1997.

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