National Commission for Museums and Monuments

Yoruba

Description

A wooden kneeling female fertility figure on a base, carrying a calabash on it’s head. On the lid surmounts a chameleon. The face has bulging eyes, pointed breasts.The two wrists are adorned with beads and the body is decorated with white pigments.

Locality: Yoruba

Chronology: 19th Century

Provenance: South-west

Material: Wood, leather, rope

Measurement: H 79cm, B 26.5cm, W 8.75kg

Current Location: National Museum Lagos