Minneapolis Institute of Art
Man and woman with a calabash
Yoruba artist
- Date
- before 1850
- Medium
- Ivory
- Culture
- Yoruba
- Department
- Arts of Global Africa
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
This mysterious Yoruba sculpture depicts a male and female facing in opposite directions and conveys a sense of both autonomy and complementarity. Nigeria, Africa
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