Carved Wooden Left Door Panel
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Nov 1998
label: Collection Date
content: 1973
name: label: Collector
content: Frank Graves
label: Donor Name
content: Frank Graves
notes: label: Notes
content: LEFT DOOR PANEL, MADE OF CARVED WOOD. CENTRAL RECESS IS BORDERED ON TOP, BOTTOM, & LEFT SIDES WITH CARVED CHECKBOARD PATTERN. ON RIGHT LONG SIDE, TOWARD CENTER IS SMALLER PANEL DECORATED SAME WAY (FOR ATTACHING DOOR KNOB ?) LEFT DOOR PANEL IS SEPARATED INTO 3 TIERS OF DESIGN DEPICTING THEME OF HOUSEHOLD LABOR WITH STYLIZED FIGURES. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, TOP TIER DEPICTS STANDING WOMAN, ARMS RAISED TO STEADY LARGE BASKET. NEXT TO HER IS ANOTHER WOMAN IN STRAPLESS ROBE, TALL HAIRDO, NECKLACE, ARMS IN FRONT. IN FRONT IS WOMAN SEATED ON A STOOL, LOOKING TO HER RIGHT, CARRYING BABY ON HER BACK, WEAVING ON LOOM. MIDDLE TIER DEPICTS PALM TREE with 3 FIGURES IN PROFILE: MALE IN SHORT SKIRT WITH KNIFE & HOLDING LARGE CONE ON HEAD; WOMAN WITH LARGE BASKET OF CONES ON HEAD; WOMAN with BABY STRAPPED TO HER BACK, HOLDING CONE with CONES BASKET BY FEET. BOTTOM TIER DEPICTS WOMAN with BABY ON HER BACK & A VESSEL ON HEAD; WOMAN POURING CONTENTS FROM 1 VESSEL TO ANOTHER & BABY ON HER BACK; STANDING WOMAN WATCHING ANOTHER WOMAN POUNDING A MORTAR with LARGE, LONG PESTLE. CARVED BY RICHARD AIMUADASU OF BENIN CITY IN 1973. THE DONOR, FRANK GRAVES, PURCHASED THE DOORS FROM THE ARTIST IN 1973. Right door is Catalogue No. E428317.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Nov 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Benin City, Nigeria, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Nigerian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416169
label: USNM Number
content: E428316-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Door
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 216 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 90 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 5.5 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: 42 kg