Figure

Museum number:
5-5967
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-352 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2205
Description:
Ibibio woman (Ikot Ekpene, 1945) Large, large breasts, fancy hair, unpainted. Wearing both a choker necklace and a pendant necklace. Ornate, 6-tressed hair-do. On a stand. H = 72.5cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ikot-Ekpene, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Ibibio
Culture or time period:
Ibibio
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
B/W photos (2) in Bascom Collection Index file. Notation on card says: “Abrasion on nose, breasts & hair”. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, 133D
Loans:
S1963-1964 #112: Heard Museum (June 25, 1964–unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Figure, accession number 5-5967, described as Ibibio woman (Ikot Ekpene, 1945) Large, large breasts, fancy hair, unpainted. Wearing both a choker necklace and a pendant necklace. Ornate, 6-tressed hair-do. On a stand. H = 72.5cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Figure, accession number 5-5967, described as Ibibio woman (Ikot Ekpene, 1945) Large, large breasts, fancy hair, unpainted. Wearing both a choker necklace and a pendant necklace. Ornate, 6-tressed hair-do. On a stand. H = 72.5cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Figure, accession number 5-5967, described as Ibibio woman (Ikot Ekpene, 1945) Large, large breasts, fancy hair, unpainted. Wearing both a choker necklace and a pendant necklace. Ornate, 6-tressed hair-do. On a stand. H = 72.5cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Figure, accession number 5-5967, described as Ibibio woman (Ikot Ekpene, 1945) Large, large breasts, fancy hair, unpainted. Wearing both a choker necklace and a pendant necklace. Ornate, 6-tressed hair-do. On a stand. H = 72.5cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-5967, described as Ibibio woman (Ikot Ekpene, 1945) Large, large breasts, fancy hair, unpainted. Wearing both a choker necklace and a pendant necklace. Ornate, 6-tressed hair-do. On a stand. H = 72.5cm.

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