carved wood doll with red and black decorative markings at neck, abdomen, around hips and on front of thighs; toes, and fingers colored black. hair black. facial features highlighted with black and red. long legs, very short stumpy arms.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Lagos, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Africa, Nigeria, Lagos, Ibo
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1942
Materials:
Ink and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 6 centimeters, depth 6.2 centimeters, and height 31.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1963-1964 #112: Heard Museum (June 25, 1964–unknown)