Figure

Museum number:
5-16674
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
thorn carving; woman with baby on back seated on low stool before a fire with large cooking pot. stirring pot with proper right hand/arm. mounted on rectangular base. Conservation: Left arm and head missing. Stir stick broken.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Decorative
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Figure, accession number 5-16674, described as thorn carving; woman with baby on back seated on low stool before a fire with large cooking pot. stirring pot with proper right hand/arm. mounted on rectangular base. Conservation: Left arm and head missing. Stir stick broken.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Figure, accession number 5-16674, described as thorn carving; woman with baby on back seated on low stool before a fire with large cooking pot. stirring pot with proper right hand/arm. mounted on rectangular base. Conservation: Left arm and head missing. Stir stick broken.

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