Carved wooden figure of kneeling woman with child
- maker:
- Yoruba people
Carved wooden figure of woman kneeling, carrying a child on her back, large striped skirt covers area from stomach downwards serves as carrying cloth for child, probably represnts Odudua, mother goddess, Yoruba tribe, Dahomey, 1880-1910
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A126599
- Materials:
- wood
- Measurements:
-
overall: 365 mm x 135 mm x 141 mm, .54 kg
- type:
- statues
- credit:
- Fosters
