© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University

ClassificationsAfrican Art

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AAT Object Techniquepainting (image-making)

AAT Object Form/Functionfigurines

Place CreatedNigeria, Africa

CultureEastern Chamba

Dateearly 20th Century

MediumWood, pigment

Credit LineEx coll. William S. Arnett

Dimensions4 1/8 x 22 7/16 x 5 5/16 in. (10.5 x 57 x 13.5 cm)

Object number1994.004.700

Exhibition HistoryThree Rivers of Nigeria: Art of the Lower Niger, Cross, and Benue from the Collection of William and Robert Arnett, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, 1978
Art of Nigeria from the William S. Arnett Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, October 15, 1994 - January 2, 1995
Published ReferencesMarcilene K. Wittmer and William Arnett, Three Rivers of Nigeria: Art of the Lower Niger, Cross and Benue (Atlanta: The High Museum of Art, 1978), 95, number 223.

ProvenanceEx coll. William S. Arnett (1939-2020), Atlanta, Georgia, by 1978.

Status

Not on view

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