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ID number: BIRRC-D0178 Institution: Research and Cultural Collections Named collection: African Collection Artist / Maker: Ona, Thomas (c. 1900-1960) Title / Object name: Figure of a boy Object type: Sculpture
Place made: Ijebu Ode, nr Lagos, W. Nigeria Culture: Yoruba Collector: Duckworth, E. H. Materials: Wood Measurements: 19 cm
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Boy wears a white servant's uniform. Carved from light wood, stained and painted in black and white. (Probably held a tray originally.) Carved for Europeans. Purchased in Lagos from the carver Thomas Ona of Ijebu Ode in the late 1930s.
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