Pair of Figures

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CultureYoruba peoples

Titles

Pair of Figures

Date1900–1940

PlaceNigeria, Africa

MediumWood, cloth, beads

Dimensions13 × 10 1/2 × 4 1/2 inches (33 × 26.7 × 11.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number97.806.A-.F

Not on view

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Department

African Art, Glassell Collection

Object Type

SCULPTURE

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, before 1997; given to MFAH, 1997.

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