Lorenz Homberger in Yoruba Art and Aesthetics, Zurich, 1991, p.39, illustrates a similar bowl from the Ian Auld collection and writes: "This exquisite work is by a member of the Adeshina family, probably by the master carver Agbonbiofe, who died in 1945, in the first quarter of the century. Efon Alaye was the center of carving in southern Ekiti. Its most famous workshop was in the compound of the Adeshina family, which was widely known not only for its carvers, but also its beadworkers. The kneeling female figure with cock is often referred to by Ekiti peoples as Olumeye "One-Who-Knows-Honor", and is said to depict a woman who is a messenger of spirits. Such sculptures were used for the kola nuts offered to visitors, as shrine containers for offering to an orisha and to hold the palm nuts used in Ifa divination."