carving. rectangular piece of wood with curved arrow-shape on one side. pattern and horizontal lines carved on the front. the back has a grid carved in the center with horizontal lines above and below the grid. 12.8 cm long, 6.1 cm wide, 1/2 cm deep.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
December 15, 1995
Context of use:
used by children who put the figure in the back of their skirts, and tie them around their [handwritten on card: waist]
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
depth 0.5 centimeters, length 12.8 centimeters, and width 6.1 centimeters