Doll; child's; wood; painted off-white with chalk and store paint; orange bands with red dots painted around neck, waist and thighs; toes & hair painted black; eyes, eyebrows, and fingers outlined in black; height 24 cm.
Donor:
Philip Peek and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Akoko, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Akoko (Edo Division); Yoruba (Murdock 31:31)
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Philip Peek
Collection date:
January 1966
Materials:
Chalk, Paint (coating), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1966
Context of use:
Given to a child when his twin dies. Given to collector by a student from Akoko-Edo Div., Midwest Region, who gave account of its use. Many more were seen throughout the Eastern Provinces.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 24 centimeters
Comment:
Object does not appear to be Yoruba (fide Ira Jacknis, 7/26/2006). "I don’t think 5-6281 is Yoruba. To me, it looks southern African or indigenous South American." (fide J. Lorand Matory, 12/14/2017)