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Ibibio

Female Puppet

Ibibio, 1933-1966

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Ibibio

Female Puppet

Ibibio, 1933-1966

Physical Qualities Wood; metal; black, pink and blue paint, 16 1/4 × 6 1/4 × 4 3/4 in. (41.2 × 15.8 × 12 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Barry and Toby T. Hecht, Bethesda, Maryland
Object Number 1991.350
Standing female figure with articulated arms, right hand forms a circle as if a pole would have gone through it. 2 rings circle waist, hair is parted in center with braid on either side of face.
William and Robert Arnett, Atlanta, Georgia
Wittmer, Marcilene A., and William Arnett. "Three Rivers of Nigeria: Art of the Lower Niger, Cross and Benue from the Collection of William and Robert Arnett." Atlanta: The High Museum of Art, 1978, pp. 59, ill. 139.

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