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Allegorical Figure of "Africa"

" Africa" standing male figure, black, wearing tunic with feather belt and collar, and feather headdress, and holding bow: attended by monkey, holding quiver with arrows; square pedestal.

Credit: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde

c. 1770
Hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
1960-1-44-c
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020

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