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    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Kola Nut Bowl Supported by a Human Figure

    Date: 
    early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood and pigment

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.498
    Culture: 
    Yorùbá
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Wood
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Kneeling Female Figure Supporting a Bowl

    Date: 
    early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.547
    Culture: 
    Yorùbá
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Wood
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Vessel Supported by Human Figure

    Date: 
    early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.255
    Culture: 
    Mambila
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Wood
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Lidded Vessel

    Date: 
    early to mid-20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.69a-b
    Culture: 
    Zulu
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Wood
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Kneeling Female Figure with Bowl

    Date: 
    early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.319
    Culture: 
    Yorùbá
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Wood
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Anthropomorphic Vessel

    Date: 
    early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, fiber, nails, and pigment

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.341
    Culture: 
    Koro
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Wood
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Kola Nut Bowl (Okwa Oji)

    Date: 
    early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood and chalk

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.357
    Culture: 
    Igbo
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Wood
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Receptacle for Kola Nuts (Olumeye) in the Form of a Pigeon with Kneeling Maternity Figure

    Date: 
    possibly 1900–1925
    Medium: 

    Wood and pigment

    Accession Number: 
    1955.61.13
    Culture: 
    Yorùbá, Egba subgroup
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Wood
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Bowl for Camwood Ointment with Three Figures

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

    Wood

    Accession Number: 
    1960.33.9a-b
    Culture: 
    Yorùbá
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Wood
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Palm Wine Cup

    Date: 
    19th century
    Medium: 

    Wood

    Accession Number: 
    1964.76.11
    Culture: 
    Kete
    Period: 
    19th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Wood
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

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