Modern Legba - Cockroach
Unidentified Fon maker
collected 1966
Wood
Overall: 11 × 2 3/8 × 1 15/16 in. (28 × 6 × 5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
167.6.24051
Geography
Place Made: Abomey, Benin, Western Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Personal Adornment
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Provenance
Purchased by Professor James W. Fernandez from a museum in Abomey, Benin (Dahomey) for Dartmouth College, 1967.
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