Dish

Dish Lid

Object Number:

AF3674

Current Location:

Imagine Africa

Culture:

Yoruba

Provenience:

Nigeria

Section:

African

Materials:

Wood

Iconography:

Horseman
Chief
Attendants
Wife
Leopard
Snake

Description:

Painted wooden circular dish with hinged lid supported by figures of horseman (chief) surrounded by smaller figures one on top of the other in pairs (4) representing wives and attendents. The lid is surmounted by a leopard holding a snake in its jaws.

Credit Line:

Purchased from W. O. Oldman

Other Number:

27035

Dealer's Number