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African Art
Bowl for Camwood Ointment with Three Figures
late 19th century–early 20th century
Wood
11 × 7 1/2 × 6 in. (27.94 × 19.05 × 15.24 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Osborn for the Linton Collection of African Art
1960.33.9a-b
Geography:
Nigeria
Culture:
Yorùbá
Period:
19th–20th century
Classification:
Containers - Wood
Provenance:
J.J. Klejman Gallery, dates unknown
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 1960
Bibliography:
The Linton Collection of African Sculpture, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1954), no. 64.
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