Sculpture
Doll
69-1-2
From: Nigeria
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | 69-1-2 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Ibibio |
Provenience | Nigeria |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood |
Description | Doll. Of light wood with faint traces of paint. Long legs separating at lower 3rd. of length and forming stubby feet. No arms, just stumps projecting from base of neck with faint lines representing fingers. Torso gives impression of pot belly with 3 incised lines around abdominal area representing skirt (?). Neck tapers up to small head with flat nose, faintly incised mouth and eyes. Hair is crested into 2 parallel ridges from forehead to corwn and 2 pony tails cover ear area. |
Credit Line | Gift of Ernst Anspach, 1969 |
Other Number | 0950 - Other Number |
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