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Object Number
976-31-50/11986
Display Title
Pornographic brass figure. Ht. 11.8 cm
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Figurine, brass, human male and female, with hanging glass earring, seated
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Date
20th century
Culture
- Fon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Benin
/
<State>
/
Abomey
Additional Geographic Terms
Dahomey
Materials
Brass
Dimensions
Overall: 11.8 x 7.2 x 4 cm (4 5/8 x 2 13/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
976-31-50/11986
Provenance
Collector
Philip Dark
(1954)
Seller
Philip Dark
(05/1976)
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