Object name: Thorn carving / Collection place: Oyo State, Nigeria / Accession number: Acc.4677 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Thorn carving, accession number 5-16008, described as thorn carving. female on rectangular base, sitting near a fire cooking gari. face and hands are very detailed. holes make the eyes and nostrils. left foot is missing. she is working over a flat bowl on 7 small pieces of wood that make up the fire. she wears a short sleeve dress tied at the waist. her hair is pulled into a top knot. stamped on the bottom with George & Isaai (?) P.O. Box 1081, Ibadan 5.5 cm tall, 9 cm long x 7 cm deep.

Hearst Museum object titled Thorn carving, accession number 5-16009, described as carving, thorn. man sitting on short cylinder, working over a fire. He is a blacksmith. His right arm is broken off, but present, his left leg is missing. He wears a sleeveless outfit that comes to his knees. He held something in his hands that is now missing. He works over two mounds, 1 with a stick in it, the other has a hole, but not stick, in front of a fire with black substance depicting coals. Stamped on the bottom. see 5-16008. size includes base: H = 7.0 cm, L = 9.0 cm, depth = 6.0 cm.