Figure Item Number: 3692/9 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Standing wood figure (ibeji) on circular base. Nude figure stands straight, with arms at sides, connected to hips. Thin torso, with slightly rounded stomach, underneath pointed breasts. Has pronounced belly button, buttocks, and genitalia. Lines carved along edges of hands and feet, imitating fingers and toes. Figure has a long nose, open mouth, and two sets of four lines incised across each cheek. Eyes are bulging and have metal nails hammered into their centres. Ears carved in relief and rest flat against head. Head comes to a point, with a raised oval-shape draped across it; tips of oval touch ears on either side of head. Figure has strands of beads wrapped around neck, waist, and wrists. Circular beads around neck are dark blue, with red and white zigzag decorations around openings. Two strands of beads around waist are circular and black. Tubular beads at wrists are yellow, with green and maroon stripes across them. Rectangular sticker on bottom of base.
Narrative
Acquired by the donor's mother, in the mid-1960s, by visiting traders.
Item History
- Made in Nigeria
- Collected during 1965
- Owned by Ruth Phillips before February 26, 2025
- Received from Ruth Phillips (Donor) on February 26, 2025
What
Who
- Culture
- Yoruba
- Previous Owner
- Ruth Phillips
- Received from
- Ruth Phillips (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Nigeria
When
- Collection Date
- during 1965
- Ownership Date
- before February 26, 2025
- Acquisition Date
- on February 26, 2025
Other
- Item Classes
- carvings & sculpture
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 3692/0009