Sculpture: Horse and Rider
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. Male figure riding a horse, with a much smaller female figure standing behind him on the horse. Man has prominent facial features, lines on cheeks (scars?). Wears patterned hat, pants, and shirt. Carries rifle in one hand, and has a sheathed sword slung over other shoulder. Woman stands, facing away from the man, on the back of the horse. She has prominent facial features and breasts, and a tall hairstyle. She wears a patterned skirt and holds a bowl above her head. Base incised with diagonal lines and chevrons. Horse's ear, barrel of rifle, and rider's left arm broken off (pieces kept with object).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
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: E431897-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 18.5 cm
label: Width
content: 12.5 cm
label: Height
content: 43 cm