ClassificationsAfrican Art
Manner of
Toibu, Son of Maku
(Nigerian, died 1937)
Female Shrine Figure
Place CreatedIlobu, Nigeria, Africa
CultureYoruba
Date20th Century
MediumWood, pigment
Credit LineGift of Charles S. Ackerman and Joanne McGill-Ackerman
Dimensions29 1/2 in. (74.9 cm)
Object number2017.032.127
Exhibition HistoryHomage to Nigeria, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, October 9, 1981 - April 1, 1982Male and Female: the Couple in African Sculpture, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, March 23 - October 2, 1983
Icons: Ideals and Power in the Art of Africa, National Museum of African Art, Washington DC, October 25, 1989 - September 3, 1990
MCCM Permanent Collection Installation, March 29, 2013 - December 1, 2014
Published ReferencesHerbert M. Cole, Icons: Ideals and Power in the Art of Africa (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989), 73, figure 78.
National Museum of African Art, Calendar of Exhibitions and Programs, Winter 1990.
ProvenanceEx coll. Merton Simpson (1928-2013), New York, New York. Ex coll. Nancy (1931-2020) and Richard (1929-2018) Bloch, Rancho Santa Fe, California, acquired from Simpson, August 12, 1977. Ex coll. Charles S. Ackerman (1933-2017), Atlanta, Georgia, purchased from Sotheby's New York, May 11, 2012, lot 127.
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