Carved wooden marionette, with small statue of female child, marionette represents mother, articulated arms, legs and lower jar, large handle at base, child is unarticulated, both have black painted features and decorated, used in "magic" plays, Ibibio tribe, Southern Nigeria, 1880-1910
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A19343
- Materials:
- neck of puppet, wool and cloth
- type:
- marionette
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
