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1967.33.1

Wooden female figure standing on a stool. [DCF Court Team 12/2/2003]

1967.33.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Wooden female figure standing on a stool. [DCF Court Team 12/2/2003]
Long description
Wooden female figure standing on a three legged stool. The figure is naked with her hands by her sides, and her breasts are pointed. Her face and body have scarification marks. Her face has two large circles filled with crosshatching on the forehead and three smaller circles on either side of her face. Her body has rectangular designs, v-shaped crosshatching, rectangular crosshatching, concentric circles and concentric semicircle designs. [EH [OPS Move] 20/6/2017]
Geographical reference
Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
Northern Nigeria Benue Province
Cultural groups
Tiv
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Berkeley Galleries
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1967
Date collected
By 1967
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1967
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Varnish, Process Carved, Process Varnished
Dimensions
Width: max 167 mm, Height: max 830 mm, Depth: max 167 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1967.33.1

Search terms: Figure, Body Art, Stool

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