Figure from headpiece

Museum number:
5-13045a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210513045a@2dc
Alternate number:
B-469 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.3193
Description:
Figure from a headpiece; a) Standing female figue, carved wood, ground painted off-white, red & black painted details; elaborate carved coiffure, prominent navel, checkerboard pattern on neck. H = 54.5 cm. b) Right arm. L = 20.5 cmc) Left arm. L = 21.0 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. 5-13046 a-c ofor other figure).Illustrated: Bascom, African Arts, figure # 118. Brubacker, Contrasts: Tribal Sculpture of Nigeria. Plate #59; PAHMA Storage Loc: W-9-2
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)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Figure from headpiece, accession number 5-13045a-c, described as Figure from a headpiece; a) Standing female figue, carved wood, ground painted off-white, red & black painted details; elaborate carved coiffure, prominent navel, checkerboard pattern on neck. H = 54.5 cm. b) Right arm. L = 20.5 cmc) Left arm. L = 21.0 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure from headpiece, accession number 5-13045a-c, described as Figure from a headpiece; a) Standing female figue, carved wood, ground painted off-white, red & black painted details; elaborate carved coiffure, prominent navel, checkerboard pattern on neck. H = 54.5 cm. b) Right arm. L = 20.5 cmc) Left arm. L = 21.0 cm

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