Male Twin Figure
Unidentified Yoruba maker
19th-20th century
Wood and indigo
Overall: 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall
S.973.310
Geography
Place Made: Nigeria, Western Africa, Africa
Period
19th century
Object Name
Figure
Research Area
Africa
On view
Exhibition History
Homecoming: Domesticity and Kinship in Global African Art, Harteveldt Family Gallery, Owen Robertson Cheatham Gallery, and Northeast Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 22, 2023–May 25, 2024.
Recent Acquisitions, Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 17-27, 1974.
The Ritual Context of African Art, Dartmouth College Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May-September 1975.
Provenance
Evelyn Annenberg Friede Jaffe Hall (1911-2005), New York; given to present collection, 1973..
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