Male had triangular shaped cloth around waist, tied in front that doesn't cover the buttocks. Has some cracks on belly. Hair is a thin "mohawk" (meneugu) hairdo.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Duga, possibly Oyo due to trousers on (a).
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1953?
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ere ibeji
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies