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Reliquary Figure
Reliquary Figure
Image © Worcester Art Museum, all rights reserved.

Reliquary Figure

Dateby 1924
Mediumwood, brass, copper
Dimensions56.1 × 26.7 × 7.6 cm (22 1/16 × 10 1/2 × 3 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1936.10
DescriptionHeaddress and neck covered with brass
ProvenanceJohn Quinn (1870-1924), upon his death, held in trust by the estate; Estate of John Quinn, sale, (no. 78), 1926, to the University Museum; University Museum, Philadelphia, sold to the Worcester Art Museum 1936.
On View
Not on view
Mask
Gabon, Punu
by 1929
Female Figure
Baule
20th century
Female figure
Ivory Coast Baule
by 1929
Female Figure
Ivory Coast Baule
by 1929
Maternity Figure
Ashanti
20th century
Standing Female Figure
Ivory Coast, Baule
1800–1962
Figure on horseback
North Ivory Coast, possibly Senufo
by 1929
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
Ashanti
by 1980
Female Figure
Lagoon peoples
by 1929
Dagger
Congo Region, Central African
early 1900s