Sculpture: Woman Devotee with Offering Bowl
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 May 2002
name: label: Donor Name
content: United Parcel Service
notes: label: Notes
content: Sculpture made of carved wood. Female figure, kneeling, holding rooster-shaped bowl in front of her. Woman's hair is styled into a tall ridge. Prominent facial features, lines on face (scars?), prominent breasts. Wears necklace and patterned wrap skirt. Baby ties in bundle on her back. Lidded bowl, shaped like a rooster, with prominent tail. Base has zigzag and concentric curved lines. Left eyebrow broken off (piece missing). Tag with object says "39. Olumeye with rooster bowl, Oroo, 1991..."
label: Notes
content: 2 parts: sculpture and the lid for the bowl.
label: Notes
content: See E427918 for very similar sculpture, also by Fakeye.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Ife, 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: 2024052
label: USNM Number
content: E431898-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 24 cm
label: Width
content: 22 cm
label: Height
content: 58 cm