Unknown African
Fertility Figure (mwana hiti)

Fertility Figure (mwana hiti)

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Fertility Figure (mwana hiti)
Artist
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 Art
Object Type
ProvenanceDr. Gus K. Nicholson (1942–1989), Houston, by 1989; by inheritance to his heirs, 1989–1991; given to MFAH, 1991.
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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