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Mother and Child
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Mother and Child

Artist/Maker (Nigeria)
Dateca. 500 BCE-200 CE
Mediumpottery
DimensionsOverall: 7 5/8 x 3 3/4 x 4 in. (19.4 x 9.5 x 10.2 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Alan Potamkin
Terms
    Object number2007.48.1
    On View
    Not on view
    Collections
    DescriptionThe mother and child theme has been found since earliest times in Africa. It was even of central importance in ancient Egypt as seen in the stories of the goddess Isis and her child Horus, in which the king was the living Horus and his mother, the equivalent of Isis.
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