Object class: Cups (drinking vessels) / Collection place: British West Africa (historic) / Donor: Barbara M. Roth - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Cups (drinking vessels) Collection place British West Africa (historic) Donor Barbara M. Roth

Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 5-12985, described as effigy cup; standing woman w/ open figure-eight shaped compartment starting below breasts extending to thighs; bent knees; right foot repaired, right hand and forearm missing; carved dark wood; jequirity beans set in mastic both sides of head; h. 56.5 cm Role in trade - Acc. to Sieber "are for the most part carved for the Jaba by sculptors of the neighboring Koro.