staff; carved wood; female figure mounted on a cylinder base; holds an animal figure in left hand, and a club in the right hand; rectangular shaped headdress H. [handwritten on card: 34 cm] W. [handwritten on card: 12 cm]
Donor:
LeRoy M. Law
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Southwest Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
LeRoy M. Law
Collection date:
ca. 1967
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1968
Context of use:
ceremonial
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 12 centimeters and height 34 centimeters
Loans:
S1980-1981 #77: California Arts Council (June 19, 1981–June 30, 1981)