stool (? see note below), wood, handcarved; lower 17 cm. hollowed out; 'Shango' priest, female human, and snake carved vertically in high relief 120 degrees apart; top surface grooved from chisel (?) marks and shiny from wear; sides darkened from oiled (?) finish; H 44.5 cm x Dia. (bottom) 30.5 cm.
Donor:
Diane Wedner and Ron Ziskin
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Diane Wedner and Ron Ziskin
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Stools (seating furniture)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
December 8, 1994
Context of use:
*note: described in collectors' notes as a ritual Shango mortar, but interior shows no signs of mortar wear, abrasions are at rim of hollowed portion, and heads of figures on sides have heads near edge of solid portion. description above is in conflict with collectors' notes.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
diameter 30.5 centimeters and height 44.5 centimeters