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Shrine object
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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Images(2)
Shrine object
Maker
Lobi Artist
Date
c. 1950
Made/manufactured
Burkina Faso
Medium
Iron
Classifications
Sculpture
Credit Line
Museum puchase with funds from Caroline Julier and James G. Richardson Acquisition Fund
Object number
2015.51.5
Collections
AFRICAN
Description
Iron rod with horned animal head on one end, curved “neck”; iron chain looped on side of head; rust and encrustation
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