Carved wooden figure of Eshu(?), Yoruba, maker, So

Made:
1890-1935 in Nigeria
maker:
Yoruba people
Carved wooden figure of Eshu(?), Yoruba, maker

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Carved wooden figure of Eshu(?), Yoruba, maker
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Carved wooden figure of Eshu(?), Yoruba, maker, Southern Nigeria, 1890-1935

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658230
Materials:
wood, leather and cowrie
Measurements:
height 110 mm
with strap: height 260 mm
overall: diameter 56 mm
type:
statues

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