Figure from a headpiece; a) Standing male figue, carved wood, ground painted off-white, red , white, green & black painted details; elaborate curvilinear coiffure (damaged), prominent navel, H = 55.0 cm. b) Right arm with curled fist. L = 19.5 cmc) Left arm with outstretched fingers. L = 22.0 cm
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Ikot Ekpene; Ibibio
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Object type:
(not specified)
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
December 22, 1975
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
One of a pair of figures from a complex headpiece (cf. 5-13045 a-c ofor other figure).Illustrated: Bascom, African Arts, figure # 118. Brubacker, Contrasts: Tribal Sculpture of Nigeria. Plate #60; PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, V-18-2
Loans:
S1968-1969 #87: College of Marin (April 3, 1969–May 2, 1969) and S1969-1970 #141 : Los Angeles County Museum of Art (September 18, 1969–December 3, 1969)