fan, wood, handcarved (for Eshu); squatting female human figure atop round fan with incised geometric design, one side only; brown wood, well polished from usage; cotton twine string carrying handle at proximal end; L 29.3 cm X Dia (fan) 12.5 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba; Oyo
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 29.3 centimeters and diameter 12.5 centimeters