Unknown African
Mother-and-Child Figure

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Artist Unknown African

CultureYoruba peoples, Ekiti group

Titles

Mother-and-Child Figure

Date1865–1900

PlaceNigeria, Africa

MediumWood and traces of indigo

Dimensions17 1/2 × 5 × 8 inches (44.4 × 12.7 × 20.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund

Object number91.238

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

203M Sterling Galleries

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Department

African Art

Object Type

SCULPTURE

ProvenancePurchased in Togo by [Davis Gallery, New Orleans, 1990]; purchased by MFAH, 1990.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited "Call and Response" Exhibition - September 23, 1994 - Janaury 1, 1995 MFAH
EXHIBITED at MFAH, Sterling Gallery, November 4, 1998-present PERMANENT COLLECTION INSTALLATION

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