Standing Female Figure

Unidentified Yaka maker

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late 19th-20th century

Wood with traces of red tukula

Overall: 14 3/16 in. (36 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection

990.53.27144

Geography

Place Made: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa, Africa

Period

19th century

Object Name

Figure

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Provenance

Harry A. Franklin, about 1950; to Valerie Franklin (daughter), 1983; given to present collection, 1990.

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