carving
Object Name: | carving |
Object Type: | carving |
Category: | REPRESENTATIONS |
Sub-category: | carvings & sculpture |
Material: | adhesive, rice paper wood dye fibre thorn, ata thorn, egan |
Technique: | carved glued |
Catalogue Number: | Af411 |
Origin-Country: | Nigeria |
Origin-Continent: | Africa |
Culture: | Yoruba |
Geo Cultural Area: | Guinea Coast |
Cultural Context: | craft tourist art |
Latest Production Date: | 1972 |
Description: | Figures representing a woman with a baby in a sling tied to her waist. She is sitting on a stool with her left leg outstretched in front of her and her right leg bent backwards at the knee. She is wearing a sleeved dress and is dipping cloth into a pot. D |
Narrative: | Depicting cloth dyeing, a woman's activity. |
History of Use: | Thorn carvings are miniatures depicting scenes from Nigerian life. This type of carving began circa 1930. Thorns vary in size. They can be as large as 12.7 cm. long and 9.6 cm. wide. They are comparatively soft and easily carved. The light yellow-brown thorn and the dark brown thorn come from the Ata tree; the light red-brown thorn comes from Egun trees. The parts are glued together with viscous paste made from rice cooked with water. They are carved by men. |
Height: | 7.9 |
Width: | 7.8 |
Depth: | 4 |
Unit-Linear: | cm |
Department: | Museum of Anthropology |
Institution: | UBC Museum of Anthropology Facebook-UBC Museum of Anthropology Twitter-UBC Museum of Anthropology YouTube-UBC Museum of Anthropology |
Institution City: | Vancouver |
Institution Province: | British Columbia |
Institution record: | Full record provided on the museum's site |
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