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African Art
Receptacle for Kola Nuts (Olumeye) in the Form of a Pigeon with Kneeling Maternity Figure
possibly 1900–1925
Wood and pigment
17 × 10 1/4 × 10 1/2 in. (43.18 × 26.04 × 26.67 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Osborn for the Linton Collection of African Art
1955.61.13
Geography:
Nigeria
Culture:
Yorùbá, Egba subgroup
Period:
20th century
Classification:
Containers - Wood
Provenance:
Dr. Ralph Linton, Sterling Professor of Anthropology at Yale, unknown date–1953
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Osborn donated to Yale University Art Gallery for the Linton Collection of African Art in 1955
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