Offering bowl; held in outstretched arms of standing female; three 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 with white geometric designs; black hair; smaller figures are painted red with black hair; height 96.5 cm.
Donor:
Melva Orlins and Robert I. Orlins
Collection place:
Aswan, Upper Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
U.A.R.; Egypt; Nubia; deserted villages from Dabud to Ballana (abandoned due to Aswan Dam flooding)
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collection date:
1964-1965
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