Carved wooden female figure with movable jaw and limbs

Made:
1870-1925 in Lagos
Carved wooden female figure with movable jaw and limbs

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Carved wooden female figure with movable jaw and limbs
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Carved wooden female figure with movable jaw and limbs, decorated with black marking, and wearing hat and remains of veil, seated on plinth with pole for carrying, Ibibo(?), Southern Nigerian (?) or from Ivory Coast, 1870-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A59699
Materials:
wood and cloth
type:
statues