Object name: Hide and fiber figurine / Collection place: British West Africa (historic) / Culture or time period: Ekoi - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Hide and fiber figurine, accession number 5-7841, described as Figure; carved wood covered with black skin; two flexed arms, two flexed legs, all ending in rectangular “hands” and “feet;” prominent eyes and mouth covered with white pigment; paired knobs on center of forehead and sides of head; fur attached to scalp; flat coiled basketry base. Height 25 cm. Probably spirit figure; dance headpiece.