Figure

Museum number:
5-7643a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21057643a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.2445
Description:
figure; standing female with child on back, holding a zoomorphic figure, the body of which is a bowl, the woman is pigmented red with carved fish ear rings painted gold. H. 40 cm. W. 19 cm.
Donor:
LeRoy M. Law
Collection place:
Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Southwest Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
LeRoy M. Law
Collection date:
ca. 1967
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 19 centimeters and height 40 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Figure, accession number 5-7643a,b, described as figure; standing female with child on back, holding a zoomorphic figure, the body of which is a bowl, the woman is pigmented red with carved fish ear rings painted gold. H. 40 cm. W. 19 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Figure, accession number 5-7643a,b, described as figure; standing female with child on back, holding a zoomorphic figure, the body of which is a bowl, the woman is pigmented red with carved fish ear rings painted gold. H. 40 cm. W. 19 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Figure, accession number 5-7643a,b, described as figure; standing female with child on back, holding a zoomorphic figure, the body of which is a bowl, the woman is pigmented red with carved fish ear rings painted gold. H. 40 cm. W. 19 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-7643a,b, described as figure; standing female with child on back, holding a zoomorphic figure, the body of which is a bowl, the woman is pigmented red with carved fish ear rings painted gold. H. 40 cm. W. 19 cm.

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