Figure

Museum number:
5-7644
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
Law #21A (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2445
Description:
figure; a carved wood standing male figure of a rich man with left arm extended, right arm holding a figure staff, he wears a hat with a bird on top of it. letters painted on his torso OLU WO OBA OLO WONLA H. 47 cm. W. 33 cm.
Donor:
LeRoy M. Law
Collection place:
Nigeria
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 33 centimeters and height 47 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Figure, accession number 5-7644, described as figure; a carved wood standing male figure of a rich man with left arm extended, right arm holding a figure staff, he wears a hat with a bird on top of it. letters painted on his torso OLU WO OBA OLO WONLA H. 47 cm. W. 33 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Figure, accession number 5-7644, described as figure; a carved wood standing male figure of a rich man with left arm extended, right arm holding a figure staff, he wears a hat with a bird on top of it. letters painted on his torso OLU WO OBA OLO WONLA H. 47 cm. W. 33 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-7644, described as figure; a carved wood standing male figure of a rich man with left arm extended, right arm holding a figure staff, he wears a hat with a bird on top of it. letters painted on his torso OLU WO OBA OLO WONLA H. 47 cm. W. 33 cm.

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