MSSU African Art Exibit : The MSSU African Art collection features a variety of authentic works of art from various tribes located throughout Central Africa. The objects in the collection range from mundane day to day grooming tools to ritualistic masks and statues.
Title:
Bellows
Object Name:
Bellows
Other Name:
Bellows, Wood
Place of Origin:
Fang, Gabon, Africa
Provenance:
Aboriginal Indigenous Art.
H = 21"
W = 11"
D = 7"

Bellows are not only a critical component of blacksmithing, they are powerful symbols of the important connections between metalworking arts and sacred kingship.
Description:
Bellows with an abstract geometric head finial, with protruding face on flat front side, large eyes, wedge—shaped nose. Slit mouth, long neck with large circular openings in front forming bellows with legs below. Hollow through each leg and through the bellows. Blackish interior with brown and buff—colored exterior.
Collection:
Finley Collection
Material:
Wood
Used:
Ritually Used
Technique:
Carving
Owned:
Art Department, Missouri Southern State University
Accession#:
2014.1.72
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