<I>Tales of Amadou Koumba-Africa</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1978
name: label: Created by
content: James Lesesne Wells, American, 1902 - 1993
notes: label: Description
content: A colorful woodcut print illustrating Senegalese folk tales, appearing mostly in columns of red, yellow, blue and green colors. At center is a human figure, one hand holding something cupped at the abdomen and the other hand slightly cupped in front of the figure's thigh. Additional human figures dance on either side, while animalistic figures, including a lion and an elephant, appear in a row above. At each bottom corner is a crocilde in a blue and green pool. The woodcut is on orange paper. Just beneath the print, handwritten in graphite, are the title [Tales of Amadou Koumba-Africa] at left, the edition [8/25] at center, and the artist's signature and date [James L. Wells '78] at right.
place: label: Cultural Place
content: Senegal, West Africa, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Folklife
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Tales of Koumba
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.51.4
objectType: label: Type
content: color woodcuts
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown – Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: colored ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 32 x 22 1/16 in. (81.3 x 56 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Matted): 34 x 28 in. (86.4 x 71.1 cm)