Artist
Unknown African
CultureKirdi peoples, Namji group
Titles
- Pair of Figures
Date1895–1905
PlaceNigeria / Cameroon, Africa
MediumWood, metal, beads, shell, and paint
Dimensions.1: 30 1/16 × 5 × 1/2 in. (76.4 × 12.7 × 1.3 cm)
.2: 30 1/16 × 4 5/8 × 5/8 in. (76.4 × 11.7 × 1.6 cm)
.2: 30 1/16 × 4 5/8 × 5/8 in. (76.4 × 11.7 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1495.1,.2
Not on view
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Department
African Art, Glassell CollectionObject Type
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1997, 97.1495.1
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Unknown African
1900–1950
Wood, glass beads, cotton cloth, coconut shell beads, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1447.A-.C
Unknown African
1940–1960
Wood, cowry shells, cotton cloth, sacrificial matter, plastic beads, nails, and traces of indigo
97.811.A,.B
