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Polychrome Equestrian Figure. Yoruba
Photograph
1935 (photographed)
1935 (photographed)
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Photograph of a wooden equestrian figure from an exhibition of African art
Object details
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| Title | Polychrome Equestrian Figure. Yoruba (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Photograph |
| Brief description | Photograph by Walker Evans depicting a polychrome equestrian figure by the Yoruba people of Dahomey (modern day Benin) in an exhibition entitled 'African Negro Art'. New York, 1935. |
| Physical description | Photograph of a wooden equestrian figure from an exhibition of African art |
| Object history | NB: The term "negro" was used historically to describe people of black African heritage but, since the 1960s, has fallen from usage and, increasingly, is considered offensive. The term is repeated here in its original historical context. |
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| Accession number | 2166-1936 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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