Reverse Glass Painting
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Apr 2010
label: Collection Date
content: 1991
name: label: Collector
content: Craig Subler
label: Donor Name
content: Craig Subler
notes: label: Notes
content: One reverse glass painting "Miracle of Amadu Bamba" by M. Lot purchased by Craig Subler in 1991 in Sandaga market, in Dakar, Senegal. Mary Jo Arnoldi, NMNH curator for African ethnology, notes that glass painting is a popular art tradition that emerged in urban Senegal. This painting celebrates an important episode in the life of Sufi mystic and saint, Cheik Amadu Bamba, who was the founder of the Mouride brotherhood in Senegal. The glass painting depicts two people in the bow of a large ship, pointing at a man in a white robe (Cheik Amadu Bamba), standing on an animal skin (?) on the ocean, surrounded by three large fish. The painting is signed in the lower right corner: "M. Lot LL; swirled character" The painting is backed by thin cardboard, and placed in a black metal frame.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Oct 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Dakar, Senegal, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Senegalese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2052681
label: USNM Number
content: E432871-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Painting
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 33.66 cm
label: Width
content: 24.76 cm