Yaka
Power Figure
Yaka, 1900-1932
Scroll
Yaka
Power Figure
Yaka, 1900-1932
Physical Qualities
Wood, cloth, iron, shells, fiber, encrustation, animal claw, Overall: 28 x 8 x 7.4 cm. (11 x 3 1/8 x 2 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Elkin, Mitchellville, Maryland
Object Number
2002.722
Coiffure arching backwards; no arms; cluster of tiny shells and animal claw adhered with encrustation to chest; cloth wrapped around lower body extending to feet; long iron rod attached with fiber twine to waist, and adorned with a fiber bundle and fiber tassels.
