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Sculpture

Painted, standing figurine made of wood wearing a long shirt. The figure is holding a knife and a board in its hands. The figure has a vertical borehole. A shotgun shell sticks out from the borehole on top of the head.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Yoruba
Object type
figures (representations)
Dimensions
Height: 390.0 mm
Material/Technique
Ferrous metal, Colourant, Wood, Carving
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
I/0021

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1880 - 1899
  • Change of legal title:
    Purchase
    when
    Autumn 1899
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Nigeria (location/origin)
    Africa (location/origin)
    Benin (location/origin)
    who
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED
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