Mortuary Figure

Unidentified Fon maker

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Overall: 9 5/8 × 1 9/16 × 1 3/8 in. (24.5 × 4 × 3.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Estate of Corey Ford, Class of 1921H

169.75.24829

Geography

Place Made: Abomey, Benin, Western Africa, Africa

Object Name

Funerary Equipment

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Provenance

Purchased by Professor James W. Fernandez in Benin (Dahomey) for Dartmouth College, 1969.

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