Architectural Fragment (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

ca. 19th century
Swahili
wood
Place Made,Kenya
Overall: 9 1/8 × 19 1/2 × 1 in. (23.18 × 49.53 × 2.54 cm)
2006.232
Gift of Robert and Nancy Nooter
2017-2019: "World on the Horizon: Swahili Arts Across the Indian Ocean", Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, August 25, 2017 - March 24, 2018; National Museum of African Art, Washington DC, May 9 - September 2, 2018; Fowler Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles, October 21, 2018 - February 10, 2019
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