Museum object · Visual Arts
Tales of Koumba: No. III
1978
Senegal, West Africa, Africa
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A relief print depicting a tortoise and a hyena. The turtle is in a creek or river, its head turned to the right, facing a hyena standing on the river bank. The hyena is depicted in profile, its spotted flank perpendicular to the tortoise in the stream. The title of the print [Tales of Koumba No III] is written in pencil at the bottom left corner. The print is signed in pencil [James L. Wells 78"] at the bottom right corner.
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Catalog reference: 2023.111.46.1.1
