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Yorùbá

Shrine Figure of a Seated Mother

Egba or Egbado Yoruba, 1900-1966

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Yorùbá

Shrine Figure of a Seated Mother

Yorùbá

Shrine Figure of a Seated Mother

Egba or Egbado Yoruba, 1900-1966

Physical Qualities Wood, red, green, yellow, black and silver pigments, 17 11/16 in. (45 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Nance Asher, Denton, Maryland
Object Number 1988.43
NURSING A CHILD IN FRONT AND HOLDING A CHILD IN A WRAPPER BEHIND
Thompson, Robert F., "Black gods and kings: Yoruba art at UCLA," Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1976, c1971, ch. 3.

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