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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Pair of Ogboni Society Figures (edan ogboni)
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Pair of Ogboni Society Figures (edan ogboni)

Maker Yoruba Artist
Datemid 20th century
Made/manufacturedPort Harcourt, Nigeria, Africa
MediumCast brass or bronze
Dimensionsfemale figure: 8 1/2 × 2 7/8 × 1 7/8 in. (21.6 × 7.3 × 4.8 cm)
male figure: 8 5/8 × 2 1/2 × 1 7/8 in. (21.9 × 6.4 × 4.8 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Richard Gilbert
Object number2017.5.1
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DescriptionStylized male and female figures in kneeling pose. Each has a conical headdress with eight spikes on each side; female has hands on her breasts and male has hands on his abdomen.
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Pair of figures
West Mexican culture, Mexico, Colima, Comala
100 BCE-100 CE
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Figures (edan ogboni)
Yoruba Artist
undated
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Epa Mask
Yoruba Artist
20th century
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Smallpox God
Yoruba Artist
1969
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Seated regal male figurine
Maya culture
550-830
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Female figure, staff finial
Senufo Artist
20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Small female axe-head figure
Mexico, Guerro, Mezcala
100 B.C. - 200
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Standing female figure
Chontal Maya people, Mexico, Guerrero
300 - 700
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Female Body Fragment
Costa Rica, Nicoya Zone
800-1500
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Seated warrior with five horns of rank
Mexico, Colima
300-100 BC
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Marriage is Hotter than Pepper
Kwame Akoto
2005
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Dance Staff (oshe Shango)
Yoruba Artist
undated

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