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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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