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    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Female Figure

    Date: 
    before 1940
    Medium: 

    Wood

    Accession Number: 
    1980.13.40
    Culture: 
    Fon
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Anthropomorphic Male Vessel (Kronkronbale)

    Date: 
    late 19th–early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Terracotta

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.374
    Culture: 
    Fon
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Ceramics
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Human Figure

    Date: 
    mid-20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood and Iron staples

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.397
    Culture: 
    possibly Fon
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Lion Figure

    Date: 
    early to mid-20th century
    Medium: 

    Brass and copper

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.418
    Culture: 
    Fon
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Headdress Surmounted by a Lion, Three Birds, and a Serpent

    Date: 
    19th century
    Medium: 

    Copper alloy

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.420
    Culture: 
    Fon
    Period: 
    19th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Human Figure

    Date: 
    late 19th–early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, gourd, animal horn, bones, metal, fiber, cloth, cowrie shells, and encrustation

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.430a-b
    Culture: 
    Fon
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Staff Surmounted by a Female Figure

    Date: 
    late 19th–early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, encrustation, and feathers

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.459
    Culture: 
    Fon or Yorùbá
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Human Figure (Bocio)

    Date: 
    early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, fiber, and feathers

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.461
    Culture: 
    Fon
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Ritual Bundle

    Date: 
    early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Antelope horns, metal, hide, wood, cowrie shells, fiber, and encrustation

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.477
    Culture: 
    Fon
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Female Figures

    Date: 
    early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, iron, feathers, aluminum, cowrie shells, seed beads, glass beads, leather, cloth, and pigment

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.478
    Culture: 
    Fon
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

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