CultureZaramo peoples
Titles
- Fertility Figure (mwana hiti)
Date1900–1940
PlaceTanzania, Africa
MediumWood and glass beads
Dimensions5 × 1 3/4 × 1 15/16 inches
Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection
Object number91.1453
Not on view
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Department
African ArtObject Type
Exhibition History“The Private Eye: Selected Works from Collections of Friends of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 11, 1989-August 13, 1989.
EXHIBITED at MFAH, Sterling Gallery, November 4, 1998-present PERMANENT COLLECTION INSTALLATION
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1900–1950
Wood, glass beads, cotton cloth, coconut shell beads, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1447.A-.C
1900–1930
Wood, glass beads, cotton cloth, nails, coconut shell beads, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1448.A,.B
