Artist:Mambila
Medium: Wood, pigment
Geograhical Locations:
Dates:late 19th or early 20th century
Dimensions: 8 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 3 in. (21.6 x 9.5 x 7.6 cm)
Collections:
Accession Number: 73.9.1
Image: 73.9.1_SL3.jpg,
Catalogue Description: Wooden ancestor figure. This figure has a heart shaped face with enlarged concave eye sockets, shelf like shoulders, a stomach and an abdomen which comes to points at their centers and enlarged feet. There are traces of white and reddish-orange coloring throughout. CONDITION: Checks throughout the genital area, stomach, left side and collar bone.