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Carved wooden house post
Object Number 2004.24.26168A
Display Title Carved wooden house post
Descriptions
Object Description Carved wooden house post. Man seated in a chair, both chair and man are supported by figure of woman
Keywords
  • Studio
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Post
  • Wood
  • Anthropomorphic
  • Figure
Department Photographic
Artist Hillel S. Burger
Culture
  • Yoruba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nigeria
Materials Negative, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

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