Object Number | AF3674 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
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. |
Height | 37 cm |
Length | 23 cm |
Width | 20.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1912 |
Other Number | 27035 - Dealer's Number |
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