Shrine Figure

Unidentified Yoruba maker

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late 19th-20th century

Wood, medicine bundles, and beads

Overall: 16 1/16 in. (40.8 cm)

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

990.53.27145

Geography

Place Made: Nigeria, Western Africa, Africa

Period

19th century

Object Name

Ceremonial Artifact

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Exhibition History

Peoples and Cultures of Africa, Anthropology 44, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 29-December 18, 1994.

Provenance

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

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