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Unidentified Yaka maker

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early 20th century

Wood, feathers, and pigment

Overall: 17 in. (43.2 cm)

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

996.25.30315

Geography

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

Period

20th century

Object Name

Figure

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Exhibition History

African Art: A Teaching Exhibition, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 44, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 31-December 6, 1998.

Correspondences: African Sculpture at the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 12, 1996-March 2, 1997.

Provenance

Harry A. Franklin Family Collection; lent to present collection, 1996; given to present collection, 2007.

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