Statue

Museum number:
5-14047
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014047
Alternate number:
56 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3566
Description:
figure; blackened wood; 2 kneeling figs., 1 male, 1 female, carved one above the other & separated by incised disk between head of female & knees of male; fe. kneels on high cylindrical base, male holds stylized lightning bolt, fe. grasps breast in ea. hand; base cracked at lower front & up. side, small crack between breasts; H. 67 cm.
Donor:
Alvin O. Pierce
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Alvin O. Pierce
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Statues
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 67 centimeters
Comment:
(Murdock 31:31)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Statue, accession number 5-14047, described as figure; blackened wood; 2 kneeling figs., 1 male, 1 female, carved one above the other & separated by incised disk between head of female & knees of male; fe. kneels on high cylindrical base, male holds stylized lightning bolt, fe. grasps breast in ea. hand; base cracked at lower front & up. side, small crack between breasts; H. 67 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Statue, accession number 5-14047, described as figure; blackened wood; 2 kneeling figs., 1 male, 1 female, carved one above the other & separated by incised disk between head of female & knees of male; fe. kneels on high cylindrical base, male holds stylized lightning bolt, fe. grasps breast in ea. hand; base cracked at lower front & up. side, small crack between breasts; H. 67 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Statue, accession number 5-14047, described as figure; blackened wood; 2 kneeling figs., 1 male, 1 female, carved one above the other & separated by incised disk between head of female & knees of male; fe. kneels on high cylindrical base, male holds stylized lightning bolt, fe. grasps breast in ea. hand; base cracked at lower front & up. side, small crack between breasts; H. 67 cm.

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