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Tiv

Female Figure

Tiv, 1900

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Tiv

Female Figure

Tiv, 1900

Physical Qualities Wood, string, 19 5/16 × 3 3/4 × 5 1/8 in. (49 × 9.5 × 13 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Barry and Toby T. Hecht, Bethesda, Maryland
Object Number 1995.162
With three rings around waist, hands clasped below breasts
William and Robert Arnet, Atlanta, Georgia.
Wittmer, Marcilene A., and William Arnett. "Three Rivers of Nigeria: Art of the Lower Niger, Cross and Benue from the Collection of William and Robert Arnett." Atlanta: The High Museum of Art, 1978, pp. 98, ill. 233.

Inscribed: On base: white sticker, 'AF-259'

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