Artist
Unknown African
CultureGuro peoples
Titles
- Seated Mother with Suckling Child
Date1850–1970
PlaceCôte d'Ivoire, Africa
MediumWood, black and red pigments
DimensionsOverall: 13 1/4 × 3 × 4 in. (33.7 × 7.6 × 10.2 cm)
Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection
Object number91.1532
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
203M Sterling Galleries
On view
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Department
African ArtObject Type
Exhibition History"Sculpture of Black Africa: The Gus Nicholson Collection," Rice Museum, Rice University, Houston, December 12, 1980 - February 22, 1981 [1].
[1] Exhibition check list, no. 30 (on file).
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