figure; standing worshipper of 'Eshu'; black-painted carved wood; standing male w/ red-painted eyes; elaborately carved hairstyle suspended behind head; carved club (?) in left hand, object missing from right hand, *cowries on cotton string around neck and through staples over body; carved base; h. 71.5 cm. 5-13463.1: box of shells located during inventory 7/12
Donor:
Abdul K. Disu
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Abdul K. Disu
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 71.5 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: Carved "hair" re-attached at Museum (1977) w/ Acorn glue. String of cowries broken (see above)