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Yorùbá

Bowl-Bearing Equestrian Figure

Yoruba, 1800-1899

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Yorùbá

Bowl-Bearing Equestrian Figure

Yoruba, 1800-1899

Physical Qualities Wood, white pigment, 28 H x 18.5 W x 17 D cm.
Credit Line Gift of Russell L. Wade, Washington, D.C.
Object Number 1999.749
Spear in the proper right hand and a rope in the proper left hand attached to the horse's bridle; male figure wears a long gown which stands out at the sides; seated on a saddle; zigzag bridle across horse's nose.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1999; Jeffrey Hamer, New York

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