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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