Ibo doll, male; carved and painted wood; short stumpy arms, prominent navel; hair, shorts, fingers, toes, eyes, and ears highlighted in black, mouth in red. Conservation: Chip in wood on right side of upper leg.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Ibo
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 5.3 centimeters, width 5.9 centimeters, and height 28.3 centimeters