Thorn Carving of Three Men Moving A Cart Filled With Bags of Cocoa Beans
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Title
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Thorn Carving of Three Men Moving A Cart Filled With Bags of Cocoa Beans
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Description
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Photograph of a thorn carving on a plywood base with three figures representing men moving a two-wheeled cart filled with five bags of cocoa beans. These types of miniature thorn carvings that depict scenes from Nigerian life are made from soft Ata tree and Egun tree wood and glued together with paste made from cooked rice.
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Creator
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Unknown artist, photograph by Derek Tan
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Source
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Jessie and Andrew Stewart Collection, Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Colombia, Artstor, https://library.artstor.org/#/asset/AWSS35953_35953_38267486
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Date
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circa 1930s-1960s
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Contributor
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Zahra Gandhi