Figure

Museum number:
5-2206
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-344 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1484
Description:
Wooden, Ibibio, female figure with hands put together. Light wood; red, black and green painited details; large. Long, straight hair indicated. 14.25 “ high. “Rose”. Collected in 1945.
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Ibibio; Collected at Iket Ekepene.
Culture or time period:
Ibibio
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
December 19, 1961
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W-7-5
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-2206, described as Wooden, Ibibio, female figure with hands put together. Light wood; red, black and green painited details; large. Long, straight hair indicated. 14.25 “ high. “Rose”. Collected in 1945.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-2206, described as Wooden, Ibibio, female figure with hands put together. Light wood; red, black and green painited details; large. Long, straight hair indicated. 14.25 “ high. “Rose”. Collected in 1945.

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