ID: 700008491 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008491	Record Type: Movable Work

Sheikh Amadou Bamba (suwer) (painted glass (visual works); M'Bengue, Gora (Senegalese glass painter, 1931-1988); late 20th century; National Museum of African Art (Washington, DC, United State...; 2002-14-19)

Titles:

Sheikh Amadou Bamba (suwer) (preferred,C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

painted glass (visual works) [300343822] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by location or context>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: late 20th century

Creator Display:

M'Bengue, Gora (Senegalese glass painter, 1931-1988) [preferred,VP]

artist M'Bengue, Gora (Senegalese glass painter, 1931-1988) [500334217]

Locations:

Creation: Gorée, Île de [7016457] Dakar (region (administrative division)), Senegal (nation), Africa (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: National Museum of African Art (Washington, DC, United States) [500311458] Smithsonian Institution, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2002-14-19

Credit Line: Bequest of Charlton E. Williams

Display Materials: paint on glass

	paint (coating) [300015029]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	glass (material) [300010797]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)

Dimensions: 33.4 x 49 x 2 cm (13 1/8 x 19 5/16 x 13/16 in.)

Cultures:

Senegalese (preferred)

General Subject:

history and legend (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Aḥmadū Bāmbā (Senegalese saint, poet, and teacher, 1850-1927) [500356933]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	angel (spirit) [300379004]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in religion and related occupations>, people in religion, spirits (beings)) (AAT)

	woman (female human) [300025943]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

Provenance: Charleton E. Williams, Washington, D.C., -- to 2002

Inscriptions: Signed: Mbengue

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Sheikh Amadou Bamba (suwer)	........ [VP]
	........ National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-) accessed 11 May 2015

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-) accessed 11 May 2015