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Historical main catalogue: Swago figure standing on a rod-shaped pedestal [...] Figut with coarse but well worked facial features, carrying the breasts with both hands, carrying two [...] on the head. Traces of red painting, height: 29.3 cm. North Yoruba

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Yoruba
Object type
Female sculpture
Dimensions
Weight: 0,251 kg
Height: 29 cm
Width: 9,5 cm
Depth: 6,5 cm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 27058

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Nigeria
    who
    Yoruba
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase from Leo Frobenius 1912
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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