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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
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
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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