caricature figure; polo player caricature figure; carved & painted wood - consists of: a) player seated on a horse; (b) helmet; (c) mallet; (d) ball. horse and man's body below waist very small and foreshortened [sic]. red, white, black, purple and natural wood. figure attached to an oval stand. Conservation: Note: missing cigarette which was annotated in the donor's record.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Lagos, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Nigeria; Lagos; Nigeria
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1946
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Decorative
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 26.5 centimeters, length 12 centimeters, and width 8.4 centimeters
Comment:
missing cigarette which was annotated in donors' record.
Loans:
S1972-1973 #107: Museum of International Folk Art (February 5, 1973–unknown)