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1975.3.46.4

Painting of uli body painting designs on paper.

1975.3.46.4

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Collection type
Object
Description
Painting of uli body painting designs on paper.
Geographical reference
Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
East Central State
Cultural groups
Igbo
Date / Period
Date made: Circa by 1933
Date collected
circa 1933
Acquisition information
Donated: 1975
Materials and processes
Material Paper Plant, Material Pencil, Process Drawn
Dimensions
Width: max 202 mm, Length: max 331 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1975.3.46.4
Research and responses

For a discussion of the PRM's holdings of reproductions of uli designs on paper in relation to issues in the art-historical study of uli, see 'People Have Three Eyes: Ephemeral Art and the Archive in Southeastern Nigeria', by Sarah Adams, in Res, no. 48 (Autumn 2005), pp. 11-32; offprint in RDF: Researchers: Adams (Sarah). Four examples are illustrated (PRM 1932.46.4, 1932.46.4, 1942.12.1003, 1975.3.39). [JC 2 6 2006]

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