Figure
- Museum number:
- 5-16384
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21050016384
- Alternate number:
- B-1049 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4739
- Description:
- Yoruba thorn carving. boy doing “mo Foribale;” kneeling, head touching the ground in front of him, wearing a breech cloth. carved by Akeredolu
- Donor:
- Berta Bascom
- Collection place:
- Nigeria
- Verbatim coll. place:
- West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Culture or time period:
- Yoruba
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Materials:
- Cotton (textile) and Silk
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Carvings (visual works)
- Function:
- 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
- Accession date:
- June 23, 2004
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Dimensions:
- width 2.5 centimeters, height 3.1 centimeters, and length 4.2 centimeters
- Images:
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