Female figure

Museum number:
5-17005
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050017005
Alternate number:
EC-42 (temporary number)
Accession number:
Acc.4787
Description:
Carved wooden female figure wearing skirt, and draped with strings of white seed beads around chest, neck and hips. Headdress is basket-like with decorated edges and convex crown. Eyes and mouth are highlighted with white material. A baby clings to the back of the figure.
Donor:
Elizabeth Colson
Collection place:
Africa
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Elizabeth Colson
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works), Figurines, and Women (female humans)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
September 9, 2011
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 33 centimeters, length 8 centimeters, and width 11.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Female figure, accession number 5-17005, described as Carved wooden female figure wearing skirt, and draped with strings of white seed beads around chest, neck and hips. Headdress is basket-like with decorated edges and convex crown. Eyes and mouth are highlighted with white material. A baby clings to the back of the figure.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Female figure, accession number 5-17005, described as Carved wooden female figure wearing skirt, and draped with strings of white seed beads around chest, neck and hips. Headdress is basket-like with decorated edges and convex crown. Eyes and mouth are highlighted with white material. A baby clings to the back of the figure.

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