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Yorùbá

Figurative Sculpture

Yoruba, 1933-1966

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Yorùbá

Figurative Sculpture

Yorùbá

Figurative Sculpture

Yoruba, 1933-1966

Physical Qualities Wood, encrustation, 13 9/16 in. (34.5 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1954.145.104
Thompson, Robert F., "Black gods and kings: Yoruba art at UCLA," Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1976, c1971, ch. 3 & 5.

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Yorùbá

2000–2000

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