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Brass figure of two people copulating. Height: 13 cm
Brass figure of two people copulating. Height: 13 cm
Object Number 976-31-50/11985
Display Title Brass figure of two people copulating. Height: 13 cm
Descriptions
Inventory Description Figurines, brass, human male and female, standing on wooden platform
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Date 20th century
Culture
  • Fon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Benin / <State> / Abomey
Additional Geographic Terms Dahomey
Materials Brass, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 13 x 8.7 x 8.2 cm (5 1/8 x 3 7/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 976-31-50/11985
Provenance
Collector Philip Dark (1954)

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