caricature figure of woman and mortar with baby on her back. figure wears a white blouse, pink skirt, red dangle earrings; baby in back of skirt; scarification on both cheeks and at base of throat. a) figure, b) pestle. Condition - chip out of right eye lid; several insect exit holes
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Lagos, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Lagos, Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Maker or artist:
Thomas Ona
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ground stone and Mortars (grinding tools)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 7.5 centimeters, height 29 centimeters, and depth 6 centimeters