Thorn carving

Museum number:
5-15198
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015198
Accession number:
Acc.4428
Object count:
1
Description:
thorn carving; Muslim man wearing turban is kneeling on platform, worry beads to his right; arms broken off; ht. 7.7 cm.
Donor:
Joan Wescott
Collection place:
Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Ibadan, Yoruba; by S. O. Alle (printed on underside)
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Joan Wescott
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
July 25, 1989
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 7.7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Thorn carving, accession number 5-15198, described as thorn carving; Muslim man wearing turban is kneeling on platform, worry beads to his right; arms broken off; ht. 7.7 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Thorn carving, accession number 5-15198, described as thorn carving; Muslim man wearing turban is kneeling on platform, worry beads to his right; arms broken off; ht. 7.7 cm.

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