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Urhobo Artist

19th century
Shrine Maternity Figure, oniemo
Nigeria
Wood, pigment
Height: 47 1/2 in (120.7 cm)
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Provenance

Ex Robert Burawoy, Paris, early 1970s
Ex collection Barry Kitnick, California
Ex Ovitz Family Collection, California
Ex private collection, New York

Publications

Martha Anderson, Ways of the Rivers: Arts and Environments of the Niger Delta. Los Angeles: UCLA, 2002. p.128, plate E6
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