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Household Shrine Figure (Bawoong Tchitcherik)

Moba, 1933

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Household Shrine Figure (Bawoong Tchitcherik)

Moba

Household Shrine Figure (Bawoong Tchitcherik)

Moba

Household Shrine Figure (Bawoong Tchitcherik)

Moba, 1933

Physical Qualities Wood, pigment, 20 1/2 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. (52 x 9 x 9 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Robert and Mary Cumming, Baltimore
Object Number 1993.595
"Subverting Beauty: African Anti-Aesthetics", Jul 15, 2018 - Nov 17, 2019, BMA, Kevin Tervala.
fp.185, ill.
Not on View

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