Female Shrine Figure
Unidentified Yoruba maker
20th century
Wood and pigment
Overall: 16 9/16 in. (42 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection
990.53.27132
Geography
Place Made: Nigeria, Western 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.
Provenance
Harry A. Franklin, Los Angeles, California 1950; Harry A. Franklin Family, Los Angeles, California, 1983; given to present collection, 1990.
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