Hide and fiber figurine

Museum number:
5-7841
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2565
Description:
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.
Donor:
Vivian Burns
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Ekoi
Culture or time period:
Ekoi
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1969
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1975-1976 #7: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (August 21, 1975–November 20, 1975)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 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.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 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.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 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.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 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.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.

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