Pair of Ogboni Figures

Unidentified Yoruba maker

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19th century

Bronze

Overall: 11 3/8 × 8 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (28.9 × 21 × 3.2 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Collection of Roger Arvid Anderson, Class of 1968

EL.2017.1.29

Geography

Place Made: Nigeria, Western Africa, Africa

Period

19th century

Object Name

Figure

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Provenance

Galerie Walu (Rene David), Zurich, Switzerland; sold to Roger Arvid Anderson, San Francisco, California, July 11, 1989; on loan to present collection, 2017.

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