figure
- Museum number
- Af1952,05.1
- Description
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Register 1952:
Composite figure of Eshu, the figure carved in wood of a kneeling woman holding her breasts, with a basal fringe of cowrie shell strands about 12" long with beans strung on.
- Dimensions
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Height: 45.20 centimetres
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Width: 20.90 centimetres
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Depth: 6.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register 1952:
Eshu figure. YORUBA, S.W. NIGERA.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1952
- Acquisition notes
- Purchased from F V Bratley in Brighton
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1952,05.1