Offering bowl

Museum number:
5-13449
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
241 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3368
Description:
offering bowl; held in the outstretched arms of standing female; 3 additional carved female figures seated on mound-like base; black-painted bowl has single upside-down human head in relief on one side; large female figure is red w/ white geom. designs; black hair; smaller figures are painted red w/ black hair; h. 96.5 cm.
Donor:
Melvin Sherman and Mrs. Melvin Sherman
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
9/26/76
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Context of use:
kola bowl. "These bowls are used extensively throughout West Africa, but they are especially prominent among the Yoruba who use them for Ifa divination and/or for storing the nuts which are offered as tokens of hospitality to friends and strangers ...
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 96.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1981-1982 #25: de Saisset Museum (Santa Clara Univ.) (December 11, 1981–April 1, 1982)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 21 titled Offering bowl, accession number 5-13449, described as offering bowl; held in the outstretched arms of standing female; 3 additional carved female figures seated on mound-like base; black-painted bowl has single upside-down human head in relief on one side; large female figure is red w/ white geom. designs; black hair; smaller figures are painted red w/ black hair; h. 96.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 21 titled Offering bowl, accession number 5-13449, described as offering bowl; held in the outstretched arms of standing female; 3 additional carved female figures seated on mound-like base; black-painted bowl has single upside-down human head in relief on one side; large female figure is red w/ white geom. designs; black hair; smaller figures are painted red w/ black hair; h. 96.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 21 titled Offering bowl, accession number 5-13449, described as offering bowl; held in the outstretched arms of standing female; 3 additional carved female figures seated on mound-like base; black-painted bowl has single upside-down human head in relief on one side; large female figure is red w/ white geom. designs; black hair; smaller figures are painted red w/ black hair; h. 96.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 21 titled Offering bowl, accession number 5-13449, described as offering bowl; held in the outstretched arms of standing female; 3 additional carved female figures seated on mound-like base; black-painted bowl has single upside-down human head in relief on one side; large female figure is red w/ white geom. designs; black hair; smaller figures are painted red w/ black hair; h. 96.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 21 titled Offering bowl, accession number 5-13449, described as offering bowl; held in the outstretched arms of standing female; 3 additional carved female figures seated on mound-like base; black-painted bowl has single upside-down human head in relief on one side; large female figure is red w/ white geom. designs; black hair; smaller figures are painted red w/ black hair; h. 96.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 6 of 21 titled Offering bowl, accession number 5-13449, described as offering bowl; held in the outstretched arms of standing female; 3 additional carved female figures seated on mound-like base; black-painted bowl has single upside-down human head in relief on one side; large female figure is red w/ white geom. designs; black hair; smaller figures are painted red w/ black hair; h. 96.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 7 of 21 titled Offering bowl, accession number 5-13449, described as offering bowl; held in the outstretched arms of standing female; 3 additional carved female figures seated on mound-like base; black-painted bowl has single upside-down human head in relief on one side; large female figure is red w/ white geom. designs; black hair; smaller figures are painted red w/ black hair; h. 96.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 8 of 21 titled Offering bowl, accession number 5-13449, described as offering bowl; held in the outstretched arms of standing female; 3 additional carved female figures seated on mound-like base; black-painted bowl has single upside-down human head in relief on one side; large female figure is red w/ white geom. designs; black hair; smaller figures are painted red w/ black hair; h. 96.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 9 of 21 titled Offering bowl, accession number 5-13449, described as offering bowl; held in the outstretched arms of standing female; 3 additional carved female figures seated on mound-like base; black-painted bowl has single upside-down human head in relief on one side; large female figure is red w/ white geom. designs; black hair; smaller figures are painted red w/ black hair; h. 96.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 10 of 21 titled Offering bowl, accession number 5-13449, described as offering bowl; held in the outstretched arms of standing female; 3 additional carved female figures seated on mound-like base; black-painted bowl has single upside-down human head in relief on one side; large female figure is red w/ white geom. designs; black hair; smaller figures are painted red w/ black hair; h. 96.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 11 of 21 titled Offering bowl, accession number 5-13449, described as offering bowl; held in the outstretched arms of standing female; 3 additional carved female figures seated on mound-like base; black-painted bowl has single upside-down human head in relief on one side; large female figure is red w/ white geom. designs; black hair; smaller figures are painted red w/ black hair; h. 96.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 12 of 21 titled Offering bowl, accession number 5-13449, described as offering bowl; held in the outstretched arms of standing female; 3 additional carved female figures seated on mound-like base; black-painted bowl has single upside-down human head in relief on one side; large female figure is red w/ white geom. designs; black hair; smaller figures are painted red w/ black hair; h. 96.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 13 of 21 titled Offering bowl, accession number 5-13449, described as offering bowl; held in the outstretched arms of standing female; 3 additional carved female figures seated on mound-like base; black-painted bowl has single upside-down human head in relief on one side; large female figure is red w/ white geom. designs; black hair; smaller figures are painted red w/ black hair; h. 96.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 14 of 21 titled Offering bowl, accession number 5-13449, described as offering bowl; held in the outstretched arms of standing female; 3 additional carved female figures seated on mound-like base; black-painted bowl has single upside-down human head in relief on one side; large female figure is red w/ white geom. designs; black hair; smaller figures are painted red w/ black hair; h. 96.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 15 of 21 titled Offering bowl, accession number 5-13449, described as offering bowl; held in the outstretched arms of standing female; 3 additional carved female figures seated on mound-like base; black-painted bowl has single upside-down human head in relief on one side; large female figure is red w/ white geom. designs; black hair; smaller figures are painted red w/ black hair; h. 96.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 16 of 21 titled Offering bowl, accession number 5-13449, described as offering bowl; held in the outstretched arms of standing female; 3 additional carved female figures seated on mound-like base; black-painted bowl has single upside-down human head in relief on one side; large female figure is red w/ white geom. designs; black hair; smaller figures are painted red w/ black hair; h. 96.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 17 of 21 titled Offering bowl, accession number 5-13449, described as offering bowl; held in the outstretched arms of standing female; 3 additional carved female figures seated on mound-like base; black-painted bowl has single upside-down human head in relief on one side; large female figure is red w/ white geom. designs; black hair; smaller figures are painted red w/ black hair; h. 96.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 18 of 21 titled Offering bowl, accession number 5-13449, described as offering bowl; held in the outstretched arms of standing female; 3 additional carved female figures seated on mound-like base; black-painted bowl has single upside-down human head in relief on one side; large female figure is red w/ white geom. designs; black hair; smaller figures are painted red w/ black hair; h. 96.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 19 of 21 titled Offering bowl, accession number 5-13449, described as offering bowl; held in the outstretched arms of standing female; 3 additional carved female figures seated on mound-like base; black-painted bowl has single upside-down human head in relief on one side; large female figure is red w/ white geom. designs; black hair; smaller figures are painted red w/ black hair; h. 96.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 20 of 21 titled Offering bowl, accession number 5-13449, described as offering bowl; held in the outstretched arms of standing female; 3 additional carved female figures seated on mound-like base; black-painted bowl has single upside-down human head in relief on one side; large female figure is red w/ white geom. designs; black hair; smaller figures are painted red w/ black hair; h. 96.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 21 of 21 titled Offering bowl, accession number 5-13449, described as offering bowl; held in the outstretched arms of standing female; 3 additional carved female figures seated on mound-like base; black-painted bowl has single upside-down human head in relief on one side; large female figure is red w/ white geom. designs; black hair; smaller figures are painted red w/ black hair; h. 96.5 cm.

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