Thorn carving

Museum number:
5-16008
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-2947 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4677
Description:
thorn carving. female on rectangular base, sitting near a fire cooking gari. face and hands are very detailed. holes make the eyes and nostrils. left foot is missing. she is working over a flat bowl on 7 small pieces of wood that make up the fire. she wears a short sleeve dress tied at the waist. her hair is pulled into a top knot. stamped on the bottom with George & Isaai (?) P.O. Box 1081, Ibadan 5.5 cm tall, 9 cm long x 7 cm deep.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba; Ibadan
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:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
December 15, 1995
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 5.5 centimeters, length 9 centimeters, and depth 7 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W 5-Bascom-7
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Thorn carving, accession number 5-16008, described as thorn carving. female on rectangular base, sitting near a fire cooking gari. face and hands are very detailed. holes make the eyes and nostrils. left foot is missing. she is working over a flat bowl on 7 small pieces of wood that make up the fire. she wears a short sleeve dress tied at the waist. her hair is pulled into a top knot. stamped on the bottom with George & Isaai (?) P.O. Box 1081, Ibadan 5.5 cm tall, 9 cm long x 7 cm deep.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Thorn carving, accession number 5-16008, described as thorn carving. female on rectangular base, sitting near a fire cooking gari. face and hands are very detailed. holes make the eyes and nostrils. left foot is missing. she is working over a flat bowl on 7 small pieces of wood that make up the fire. she wears a short sleeve dress tied at the waist. her hair is pulled into a top knot. stamped on the bottom with George & Isaai (?) P.O. Box 1081, Ibadan 5.5 cm tall, 9 cm long x 7 cm deep.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Thorn carving, accession number 5-16008, described as thorn carving. female on rectangular base, sitting near a fire cooking gari. face and hands are very detailed. holes make the eyes and nostrils. left foot is missing. she is working over a flat bowl on 7 small pieces of wood that make up the fire. she wears a short sleeve dress tied at the waist. her hair is pulled into a top knot. stamped on the bottom with George & Isaai (?) P.O. Box 1081, Ibadan 5.5 cm tall, 9 cm long x 7 cm deep.

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