Object Number | 84-18-1A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Owo | Yoruba |
Provenience | Nigeria |
Section | African |
Materials | Ivory |
Technique | Carved |
Iconography | Man | Animal |
Description | Carved ivory figurine of a man riding an animal. Man has short tight hairdo and four neckrings. Both man and animal have large bulging eyes with black insets. Three small holes at the edge of man's hairline. On a rounded base with carved interlace decoration around edge. Traditional style. In a fitted box of red-orange fabric with two carved ivory fasteners. |
Height | 16.5 cm |
Outside Diameter | 5.5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Charles C. G. Chaplin, 1984 |
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