figure
- Museum number
- Af1959,19.82
- Description
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Register 1959:
Wooden figure, male, standing with a kneeling female figure on his head. The arms of the woman, and the legs of the man are missing: the figure is blackened with soot.
- Dimensions
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Height: 55 centimetres
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Width: 8.70 centimetres
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Depth: 7.80 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Register 1959:
The arms of the woman, and the legs of the man are missing: the figure is blackened with soot.
- Acquisition date
- 1959
- Acquisition notes
- Af1959,19.1 to 267 is a field collection made by W B Fagg in Yorubaland between October 1958 and April 1959. The source and price paid for each item have usually been recorded. Nos.76 to 88 are figures (but not Ibeji).
Bought in Efon-Alaiye. 18.11.1958?
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1959,19.82
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: (22) (Register 1959 Fagg Collection number.)