Hide and fiber head with two faces

Museum number:
5-5993
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2263
Description:
Two-faced Ekoi head of skin-covered wood; carved teeth and eyes; raffia hair with two plaited braids; on round wood base; h. 33 cm.
Donor:
The Calvin K. and Doreen B. Townsend Donation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
S. Nigeria; Ekoi
Culture or time period:
Ekoi
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plaited weaving
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Hide and fiber head with two faces, accession number 5-5993, described as Two-faced Ekoi head of skin-covered wood; carved teeth and eyes; raffia hair with two plaited braids; on round wood base; h. 33 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Hide and fiber head with two faces, accession number 5-5993, described as Two-faced Ekoi head of skin-covered wood; carved teeth and eyes; raffia hair with two plaited braids; on round wood base; h. 33 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Hide and fiber head with two faces, accession number 5-5993, described as Two-faced Ekoi head of skin-covered wood; carved teeth and eyes; raffia hair with two plaited braids; on round wood base; h. 33 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Hide and fiber head with two faces, accession number 5-5993, described as Two-faced Ekoi head of skin-covered wood; carved teeth and eyes; raffia hair with two plaited braids; on round wood base; h. 33 cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Hide and fiber head with two faces, accession number 5-5993, described as Two-faced Ekoi head of skin-covered wood; carved teeth and eyes; raffia hair with two plaited braids; on round wood base; h. 33 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hide and fiber head with two faces, accession number 5-5993, described as Two-faced Ekoi head of skin-covered wood; carved teeth and eyes; raffia hair with two plaited braids; on round wood base; h. 33 cm.

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