Kneeling Female Figure Holding Offering Bowl (Olumeye)

Yorùbá

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Yorùbá. Kneeling Female Figure Holding Offering Bowl (Olumeye), late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, 9 x 3 1/4 x 4 1/2in. (22.9 x 8.3 x 11.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Drs. James J. Strain and Gladys Witt Strain, 2001.122.5. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Arts of Africa

Culture

Yorùbá

Title

Kneeling Female Figure Holding Offering Bowl (Olumeye)

Date

late 19th or early 20th century

Geography

Place made: Oyo (?), Nigeria

Medium

Wood

Classification

Sculpture

Dimensions

9 x 3 1/4 x 4 1/2in. (22.9 x 8.3 x 11.4cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Drs. James J. Strain and Gladys Witt Strain

Accession Number

2001.122.5

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