Wooden effigy of female figure

Made:
1890-1930 in Nigeria
maker:
Yoruba people
Carved wooden effigy of female figure in highly stylized form

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Carved wooden effigy of female figure in highly stylized form
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Carved wooden effigy of female figure in highly stylized form bound with cotton cloth around lower part, Yoruba tribe, Southern Nigeria, 1890-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658231
Materials:
wood and cloth
type:
statues
credit:
Church Missionary Society