Kneeling Female Figure W/ Child On Back
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1960
name: label: Collector
content: Mrs. Lucien P. Garo
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. Lucien P. Garo
notes: label: Notes
content: KNEELING FEMALE FIGURE, BARE-BREASTED, W/ ARMS EXTENDED HOLDING COVERED BOWL. WEARING CONICAL, CRESTED HEADDRESS W/ GEOMETRIC DESIGN, NECKLACE OF CYLINDRICAL BEADS, & MULTIPLE BRACELETS ON WRISTS. HEADDRESS HAS TASSEL HANGING OVER FOREHEAD. STYLIZED FACIAL FEATURES W/ BULGING EYES, LARGE SCULPTED EARS W/ LONG EAR PLUGS TOUCHING SHOULDERS. CARVED SCARIFICATION MARKS ON CHEEKS, TEMPLES, & UPPER ARMS. KNEE-LENGTH SKIRT HAS VERTICAL STRIATION. BOWL HAS GEOMETRIC DESIGN. CHILD ON BACK APPEARS TO SIT IN CHAIR-LIKE APPARATUS THAT IS ATTACHED TO WOMAN'S HIPS BY A BELT. CHILD IS HOLDING TO HANDLES. CHILD HAS STYLIZED FACIAL FEATURES, WEARING A CONICAL HAT W/ GEOMETRIC DESIGN. BASE OF FIGURE IS RECTANGULAR W/ LATTICE DIAMOND-SHAPED DESIGN. BASE BOTTOM HAS ARTIST'S MARK (L.O. FAKEYE) & STICKER "28." SEE ACCESSION FILE FOR CONDITION REPORT PROVIDED BY NMAFA. ACCORDING TO DR. MARY JO ARNOLDI, CURATOR OF AFRICAN ETHNOLOGY, FIGURE IS OFFERING GIFT TO "ORISA" (YORUBAN GODS).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Sep 2015
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: 400227
label: USNM Number
content: E427919-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 14 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 10 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 43 cm