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1938.15.73

Pottery figure of man seated on chair. Wearing a bilobed headdress with incised detail. [IL [OPS Move] 13/6/2017]


1938.15.73

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Collection type
Object
Description
Pottery figure of man seated on chair. Wearing a bilobed headdress with incised detail. [IL [OPS Move] 13/6/2017]
Long description
Pottery figure of man seated on chair. Wearing a bilobed headdress with cross hatching. Appears to be wearing clothes with impressions of jagged lines, and scores on his arms, and boots. Seated on chair with a shallow back, and with his hands resting on the arms. Stood on four legs with x-shaped intersecting bars. The back of chair decorated with lenticular incision filled with cross-hatching. Feet resting on footrest suspended between each side of the chair. [IL [OPS Move] 13/6/2017]
Geographical reference
Southern Nigeria
Person
Field collector Gwilym Iwan Jones
PRM source Gwilym Iwan Jones
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1937
Date collected
1937
Acquisition information
Donated: 1938
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Process Handbuilt, Process Incised, Process Impressed
Dimensions
Height: max 207 mm, Depth: max 98 mm, Width: max 129 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.15.73

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