Figure
date: label: Accession Date
content: 22 Dec 2017
name: label: Collector
content: Allen Davis
label: Donor Name
content: Allen Davis
notes: label: Notes
content: Carved wooden figurine of a man with his hands at his sides, and very tall hair. There is writing on the bottom of the pedestal. "BY FAKEYE from ILA-ORANGUN" in both red and overwritten in black. However, notes from donor indicate that Fakeye was not the carver.
label: Notes
content: Notes from collector, Allen Davis: Recived as a gift from Margaret Plass. Twin Figure "ibeji" by Ogunwuyi, Yoruba, Nigerian scuptor, identified by Nigerian artist/sculptor Lamidi Fakeye. Writing on the bottom is incorrect, wrong atribution, see letter in accesion file. Lamidi Olonade Fakeye p. 70, ill. 43, middle figure.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 May 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nigeria, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Yoruba
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2082637
label: USNM Number
content: E435509-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 28.5 cm
label: Width
content: 9 cm
label: Height
content: 8.6 cm