Equestrian Figure
Unidentified Yoruba maker
early 19th century
Brass and iron core
Overall: 11 1/2 × 11 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (29.2 × 29.2 × 8.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through a gift from the Museum Shop Volunteers of the Friends of the Hopkins Center and Hood Museum of Art
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Geography
Place Made: Nigeria, Western Africa, Africa
Period
19th century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Course History
HIST 66, AAAS 15, History of Africa since 1800, Naaborko Sackeyfio, Spring 2013
Exhibition History
Do You See What I See?, Hood Museum of Art and the Katona Gallery, Katona, New York
Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 14-August 25, 1999.
Publication History
"Do You See What I See?", Katona Gallery Exhibition Catalogue
Provenance
Davis Gallery, Ethnographic Art, New Orleans, Louisiana; sold to present collection, 1988.
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