Carved figure
- Description
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This carving is of a colonial officer. He is shown seated and wearing formal clothing appropriate to the role. His hat and glasses are detachable. The figure combines a traditional Yoruba carving technique with modern imagery. This carving is probably satirical. Associated with carver Thomas Ona Odulate.
Donated by Mrs. Palmer in 2008. Her husband was Cecil Hugh Stewart Reynolds Palmer, a colonial district officer who left Nigeria in 1956 after 28 years of service there.
H. 250 x W. 105 mm - Accession Loan No.
- 7/2010/3
- Collection Class
- Art non religious figures
- Common Name
- carved figure
- Simple Name
- carving
- Full Name
- carved figure of a District Officer
- Dimensions
- whole H 250 mm; whole width 105 mm
- Cultural Group
- Yoruba
- Production Year Low
- 1900
- Production Year High
- 1925
- Production Country
- Nigeria
- Production Area Region
- West Africa
- Production Continent
- Africa
- Family Group
- Material
- wood
- Function Name
- souvenir
- Function Detail
- carving depicts colonial officer, style combines traditional Yoruba carving with European perspective of people
