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Figure group

Object number81.17.616
Exhibition HistoryCleveland, Ohio, Cleveland Museum of Art, African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection, July 10 - Sept. 1, 1968 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Museum, Oct. 10 - Dec. 1, 1968). Text by William Fagg. Cat. no. 140 (as Group).Published ReferencesMcClusky, Pamela. African Art: From Crocodiles to Convertibles in the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 1987; cat. no. 4, p. 11, reproduced (as Figural group). Lawal, Babatunde. "À Yà Gbó, À Yà Tó: New Perspectives on Edan Ògbóni." African Arts, vol. 28, no. 1 (Winter 1995): pp. 36-49, 98-100, reproduced fig. 8.
Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions11 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 3 7/16 in. (29.8 x 12 x 8.8 cm)
MediumCast brass (cire perdue)
Gold Weight:  Two Figures
Ghanaian
Object number: 51.184
Ibis bird effigy
Benin Kingdom
ca. 17th century
Object number: 69.90
Weaver and Loom
Object number: 81.17.281
Hunter and dog
Object number: 81.17.482
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Dan
Object number: 68.46
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Dan
Object number: 68.47
Gold weight:  sandals
Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.1185
Gold weight:  geometric
Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.1190