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Object Number
60-57-50/10426
Display Title
Carved wooden house post
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Opolile
Object Description
Carved wooden house post: man seated in a chair: both chair and man are supported by figure of woman
Inventory Description
Large carved wooden figurine, seated man in chair on top of seated woman, painte
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Yoruba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Nigeria
Additional Geographic Terms
Ekiti Yoruba area
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 163 x 30 x 31 cm (64 3/16 x 11 13/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
60-57-50/10426
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.24.26168A | Carved wooden house post |
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| ||
| 2004.24.26168B | Carved wooden house post |
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