Standing Female Deity or Deity Impersonator
Artist
Unknown
Datecirca 600–900
MediumCeramic with white and black paint
Dimensions57 1/4 x 22 3/8 in. (145.4 x 56.8 cm)
135 lbs. (61.2 kg)
135 lbs. (61.2 kg)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes
Object number86.8
On View
On view"Principales Acquisitions Des Musées En 1987," Gazette des Beaux-Arts no. 1430, listed and illus. 26.
Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (color) xxii and 55.
Mary Ellen Soles, entry for Standing Female Deity or Deity Impersonator, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, Rebecca Martin Nagy, ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1998), 42, illus. (color).
Rebecca Martin Nagy, "New Galleries for the African, Ancient American, and Oceanic Collections," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview and Calendar of Events (January/February 2000), 6, illus. (b-w) 3, 6.
North Carolina Museum of Art Annual Report (1999-2000), illus. (b-w) 11.
Mary Ellen Soles, entry for Standing Female Deity or Deity Impersonator, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), 96, illus. (color) 97.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement
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