Mortuary Figure
Unidentified Fon maker
Wood
Overall: 9 5/8 × 1 9/16 × 1 3/8 in. (24.5 × 4 × 3.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Estate of Corey Ford, Class of 1921H
169.75.24829
Geography
Place Made: Abomey, Benin, Western Africa, Africa
Object Name
Funerary Equipment
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Provenance
Purchased by Professor James W. Fernandez in Benin (Dahomey) for Dartmouth College, 1969.
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