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Jalagana (Female Figure)
Jalagana (Female Figure)

Jalagana (Female Figure)

Dateearly 20th century
MediumWood, surface treatment (paint?)
Dimensionsheight, width, and depth: 33 3/4 × 6 × 7in. (85.7 × 15.2 × 17.8cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Rhonda Morgan Wilkerson, PhD
Object number2024.22.25
On View
On view
ProvenanceCreated in Nigeria, early 20th century. Roger de la Burde (1932-1992) Powhatan County, VA; to his daughter, Corinna M. Pugh [1]; [consigned to Charles Jones African Art, Wilmington, NC, 2007], Rhonda Morgan Wilkerson, Morrisville, NC, 2007; given to NCMA, 2024.

[1] After Roger de la Burde died in 1992, his estate was passed on to his three daughters. In 1994, his estate worked with Motley’s Auctions to sell some of de la Burde’s African art pieces. According to Charles Jones, owner of Charles Jones African Art, other pieces from de la Burde’s African art collection were put in storage. In 2007, he was contacted by Corinna M. Pugh, de la Burde’s daughter, who was looking to sell the African artworks in storage. Shortly after, Jones contacted Rhonda Morgan Wilkerson to buy pieces from the de la Burde collection.

Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement

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