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
On view
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Department
African ArtObject Type
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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Unknown Indonesian
c. 1890
Repousse gold, rubies, sapphires, diamonds, and gold leaf
2004.2256
Unknown Central and South American
400–1000 AD
Gold
2004.2537
