About the Artwork
Mirror Case
early 20th century
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African
Yoruba
Wood
Overall: 12 3/4 × 5 3/4 × 1 3/4 inches (32.4 × 14.6 × 4.4 cm)
Sculpture
African Art
Museum Purchase, Africa, Oceania, Indigenous Americas General Art Fund
2013.6
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
(Bonhams, New York, New York, USA)
2013-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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At Home in Africa: Design, Beauty and Pleasing Irregularity in Domestic Settings. Exh. cat., the Galleries at Cleveland State University. Cleveland, 2014, pp. 226, 228 (ill.).
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Yoruba, African, Mirror Case, early 20th century, wood. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Africa, Oceania, Indigenous Americas General Art Fund, 2013.6.
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