Wooden figure of woman holding a child, with red, green, black and yellow beads around ankles and neck. [IL [OPS Move] 6/6/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden figure of woman holding a child, with red, green, black and yellow beads around ankles and neck. [IL [OPS Move] 6/6/2017]
Long description: Wooden figure of woman holding a child, with red, green , black and yellow beads around ankles and neck. Stood on an ovoid base attached to a cylindrical stand. Figure has carved facial features and protruding ears, two prominent carved breasts, flared skirt, and two cylindrical legs. Arms bent to hold the child in front of the midriff. Extends at the the top of the head, to form cylindrical shaft and a bow shaped head-dress. [IL [OPS Move] 6/6/2017]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; Unknown
Cultural groups: Yoruba
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1884
Date collected: Prior to 1884
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Bead, Process Carved, Process Wound
Dimensions: Height 560 mm, Width: max 88 mm, Depth: max 68 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.58.37 PR Cat other PR nos: 3325
Associated publications: Listed as number 24 on page 7 of Art from the Guinea Coast (Pitt Rivers Museum, Illustrated Catalogue No. 1), Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum (1965): 'NIGERIA Western Region ... 24. Wooden staff for the cult of Shango, the thundergod, carved in the form of a woman devotee carrying a child and with the double-headed axe symbol. Yoruba (1884.58.37) (57 cm.)'. (For details of exhibition, see under 'Display History'.) [JC 12 9 2013]

Search terms: Religion, Figure, Children and Childcare, Religious Object

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