Pair of Ogboni Figures
Unidentified Yoruba maker
19th century
Bronze
Overall: 11 3/8 × 8 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (28.9 × 21 × 3.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Collection of Roger Arvid Anderson, Class of 1968
EL.2017.1.29
Geography
Place Made: Nigeria, Western Africa, Africa
Period
19th century
Object Name
Figure
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Provenance
Galerie Walu (Rene David), Zurich, Switzerland; sold to Roger Arvid Anderson, San Francisco, California, July 11, 1989; on loan to present collection, 2017.
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