brass Oshun figure. female seated figure holding a staff and rattle with a small female standing by her proper left knee holding a pot on her head. principal figure wears a girdle with decorative spirals and has elaborate hair treatment.
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
Collection date:
1969
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
votive?
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 17.5 centimeters, width 8.5 centimeters, and depth 9 centimeters
Comment:
Notation on card: “Part of something else.” B/W photo stored with Bascom Collection Index Card file.