- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Carved wooden figure of a girl, naked with keeled hairstyle dyed indigo. [JC [OPS Move] 6/6/2017]
- Long description
- Carved wooden figure of a girl. The figure is carved in the round and stands on an oval base. The girl is naked with protruding breasts and arms with oversized hands by her sides. Her pubic hair is defined with an incised grid. The girl has a keeled hairstyle, decorated with incised grooves and stained with indigo. The cheeks and forehead have carved grooves representing facial scarification. The pupils of the eyes are decorated with metal nail heads. [JC [OPS Move] 6/6/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Abeokuta
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1965
- Date collected
- By 1965
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1965
- Dimensions
- Height: max 237 mm, Depth: max 85 mm, Width: max 102 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1965.8.7B
- Associated publications
- Listed as number 31 on page 7 of Art from the Guinea Coast (Pitt Rivers Museum, Illustrated Catalogue No. 1), Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum (1965): 'NIGERIA Western Region ... 31. Twin figure ibeji probably carved by the father of Akinyode of Abeokuta. Yoruba (1965.8.B7.) (23.5 cm.)'. Also illustrated in black and white in unnumbered plate XIII. (For details of exhibition, see under 'Display History'.) [JC 12 9 2013]
1918.32.3Stone figure of an animal. Recorded as a 'Zuni hunting fetish'.1918.32.3
1941.8.266Child's model figure of a pregnant woman.1941.8.266
1958.11.2.176Mkaramo clay figure. Cylindrical body with a wide circular base. Two triangular forward facing protrusions, possibly representing arms or breasts. No distinction between body and head. Large flared ears. domed shaped protrusion near the base, possibly representing a navel. [BH [OPS Move] 4/5/2017]1958.11.2.176
1956.9.70.208Black bird figure with red eyes from Noah’s Ark. [SM (Verve) 14/04/2015]1956.9.70.208