Statuette

90-10-1

From: Nigeria

Curatorial Section: African

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Native Name Ibeji
Object Number 90-10-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Yoruba
Provenience Nigeria
Section African
Materials Wood | Glass | Coconut Shell | Pigment | Metal | Clay
Technique Carved | Painted
Iconography Man
Description

Carved wooden male standing nude arms at side and feet apart. Wearing tall headdress/hairdo and a necklace of small black coconut beads and double belt of small black coconut shell and blue/red trade beads. Tatoos on cheeks and lower abdomen. Nail in proper left eye. Traces of blue paint on headdress. Red clay on circular base

Height 31 cm
Outside Diameter 6.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Miss Sara Keith, 1990

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