Beadwork covered bird figure with two metal legs on a wooden stand. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 31/5/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Beadwork covered bird figure with two metal legs on a wooden stand. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 31/5/2005]
Long description: Beadwork covered bird figure with two metal legs. The original legs of this bird have been broken off and have been replaced with a metal screw and a metal nail. The tail of the bird is made of strings of red seed beads. The beadwork has been worked over a solid form of unknown composition but which appears to have been covered first with some sort of stringwork. This object is mounted together with 1913.48.43 on a wooden block. [MdeA IB 2/3/99]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; South Nigeria Lagos
Person: Field collector John Smalman Smith; PRM source Sarah Sophia Smalman Smith
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1913
Date collected: By 1913
Acquisition information: Donated: 1913
Materials and processes: Material Bead, Material String Plant, Material Metal, Material Wood Plant, Process Beadwork
Dimensions: Height: max 70 mm, Width: max 95 mm base, Length: max 96 mm base, Length: max 120 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1913.48.44