Figure

MOA: University of British Columbia

3192/5

Small iron figure. Creature has the head of a cow and body of a human, with long curving horns, ears at back of head, and a long, wide snout. Stipes in yellow blue and red are painted down the face from top of head to nose. Attached to the thick neck is a wide, white collar with red and blue stripes. The body is very thin, painted white with blue and red dots, a tail with a yellow tip protruding from the rump. The hands each grasp a long pole anchored on the square stand at bottom.

  • Narrative

    Given to the donor as gifts when she was working in France in the late 1960s, for the French Government (Union Nationale des Maisons Familiales Rurales d'Education et d'Orientation).


  • Type of Item figure
  • Culture Senegalese
  • Material iron metal, paint
  • Measurements height 13.5 cm, width 5.2 cm, depth 5.0 cm (overall)

  • Previous Owner Michelle Charbonnier
  • Received from Michelle Charbonnier

  • Made in Senegal

  • Creation Date before 1970
  • Ownership Date before August 10, 2016
  • Acquisition Date on August 10, 2016

  • Item Classes metalwork
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3192/000