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Figure/Shango

Figure/Shango, early 20th century

  • Yoruba, African

Carved wood with traces of pigment

Bequest of Sophie Pearlstein

2019.209

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

Details

Sophie Pearlstein (Southfield, Michigan, USA)

2020-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Yoruba, African, Figure/Shango, early 20th century, carved wood with traces of pigment. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Sophie Pearlstein, 2019.209.

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