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ID number: BIRRC-D0030(1) Institution: Research and Cultural Collections Named collection: Danford Collection of West African Art and Artefacts Artist / Maker: Unknown Title / Object name: Male figure Object type: Sculpture Place made: W. Nigeria Culture: Yoruba Collector: Danford, John Materials: Wood, partially stained in black, white and indigo. Measurements: 120 cm |
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Male figure with detachable arms (60 cm each), wearing a tunic and carrying a bag, decorated withan interlacing knot motif. Found partially buried near Gbougan, 1957. Possibly a hunter's shrine figure. Pieces ahve been cut from the figure, by women in order to make 'medicine', as is commonly done from drums in (e.g.) Ogboni houses in Ijebu. The figure is genuine but by a poor carver. |
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2 Related People | |
| Danford, John 1913 1970 | |
| Unknown | |
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