carved and painted wooden chicken. bowl (a) forms lower body and legs attached to rectangular base. cover (B) forms upper body, head and tail. body curved in geometric designs and parallel lines. beak feet and base black, wattle and comb red, body white (now very dirty). Conservation: Wear and abrasion, very dirty.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Western Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Africa
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 18 centimeters, height 15.5 centimeters, and width 8.7 centimeters