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Mother-and-Child Figure

Mother-and-Child Figure

Public Domain

Mother-and-Child Figure
Artist
CultureYoruba, 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 Art
Object Type
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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Necklace
Unknown Indonesian
Necklace
c. 1890
Gold alloy, rubies, sapphires, and diamonds
2004.2263
Pair of Arm Ornaments
Unknown Indonesian
Pair of Arm Ornaments
c.1890
Gold alloy, rubies, sapphires, and diamonds
2004.2266.1,.2
Pair of Arm Ornaments
Unknown Indonesian
Pair of Arm Ornaments
c. 1890
Gold alloy, rubies, and diamonds
2004.2264.1,.2
Queen's Crown
Unknown Indonesian
Queen's Crown
c. 1890
Repousse gold, rubies, sapphires, diamonds, and gold leaf
2004.2256
King's Crown
Unknown Indonesian
King's Crown
c. 1890
Gold, rubies, sapphires, diamonds, and copper
2004.2255
Sacred Offering Dish (Bokor)
Unknown Indonesian
Sacred Offering Dish (Bokor)
19th century
Gold
2004.2259
Image Not Available for Seated Female Figure Finial from a Champion Cultivator Staff
Unknown
Seated Female Figure Finial from a Champion Cultivator Staff
late 19th-early 20th c.
Wood
2025.829
Crown ornament depicting the face of the Sun God
Unknown Central and South American
Crown ornament depicting the face of the Sun God
400–1000 AD
Gold
2004.2537
Mask Depicting the Tiwanaku Sun God
Unknown Central and South American
Mask Depicting the Tiwanaku Sun God
400–1100 AD
Gold
2004.2534
Disk with Image of Sun God
Unknown Central and South American
Disk with Image of Sun God
400–1100 AD
Gold
2004.2525
Still Life with Crab, Shrimps and Lobster
Clara Peeters
Still Life with Crab, Shrimps and Lobster
c. 1635–1640
Oil on wood
99.308
Covered Bowl with Bird-Head Handle
Unknown Central and South American
Covered Bowl with Bird-Head Handle
100–500 AD
Earthenware with slip
77.49.A,.B
Unknown African