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
- Measurements:
-
height 580 mm
length 120 mm
legs with base: width 230 mm
child: height 260 mm
child: length 90 mm
chuild: width 85 mm
- type:
- marionette
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)