Brass figure of female
- maker:
- Yoruba people
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Brass figure of female, kneeling on cushion, cupping breasts in hands with crested hairstyle, cult figure of mother goddess, possibly Odudua, Yoruba, West African, second half of 19th century
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A25896
- Materials:
- brass
- type:
- statue
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
