Figure w/ rooster and weight. a) Standing male figure, carved wood w/ black markings, movable arms, necklace of large red glass beads, 2 brass bells and 2 broken nut shells; minor spil down back; feet damaged. H = 49.5 cm.b) Painted wood rooster, comb & tip of beak damaged. L = 17.2cmc) Black-painted wood weight, bow-knot shaped. L = 12.0 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Bende, Ibibio; Said to have been carved by Ibibio at Ikot Elpene, Nigeria
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:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W-9-3
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)