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Shrine

Shrine, 19th or 20th century

  • Ethiopian, African

Wood with paint

  • Overall: 10 1/4 × 10 1/8 × 3/8 inches (26 × 25.7 × 1 cm)

Gift of Shirley B. Williams

1991.1066

On View

  • African N101

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

Details

Shirley Williams

1992-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Ethiopian, African, Shrine, 19th or 20th century, wood with paint. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Shirley B. Williams, 1991.1066.

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