Thorn Carving of Three Men Moving A Cart Filled With Bags of Cocoa Beans

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Title
Thorn Carving of Three Men Moving A Cart Filled With Bags of Cocoa Beans
Description
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.
Creator
Unknown artist, photograph by Derek Tan
Source
Jessie and Andrew Stewart Collection, Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Colombia, Artstor, https://library.artstor.org/#/asset/AWSS35953_35953_38267486
Date
circa 1930s-1960s
Contributor
Zahra Gandhi

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