Kneeling Female Figure W/ Rooster Bowl
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: (1/2) KNEELING FEMALE FIGURE, BARE-BREASTED, HAS ARMS EXTENDED HOLDING ROOSTER-SHAPED BOWL W/ LID. FIGURE WEARS CONICAL HEADDRESS W/ STRIATED DESIGN & HAS ROUND, SMOOTH FINIAL. STYLIZED FACIAL FEATURES W/ BULGING EYES, LARGE, SCULPTED EARS, & BULGING NAVEL. WEARS THICK NECKLACE OF CYLINDRICAL BEADS, MULTIPLE BRACELETS ON WRISTS, & HAS CARVED GEOMETRIC SCARIFICATION DESIGNS ON UPPER ARMS, SHOULDER BLADES, & BACK. WEARS KNEE-LENGTH SKIRT W/ VERTICAL STRIPES, SECURED BY MULTI-LAYERS BELT. FIGURE IS ON RECTANGULAR BASE THAS HAS GEOMETRIC DESIGN IN RELIEF. FOOTED BOWL HAS DIAMOND-SHAPE DESIGN ON THE FRONT. FIGURE'S BASE HAS ARTIST'S NAME (L.O. FAKEYE) & STICKER "31." (2/2) LID IS UPPER PART OF ROOSTER. EXTERIOR HAS CARVED GEOMETRIC DESIGN. INTERIOR IS CONCAVE. 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: Notes
content: See E431898 for very similar sculpture, also by Fakeye.
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: E427918-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Length - Lid
content: 17 cm
label: Width - Lid
content: 9 cm
label: Height - Lid
content: 11 cm
label: Length - Figure
content: 19 cm
label: Width - Figure
content: 14.5 cm
label: Height - Figure
content: 42 cm