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Item number 3692/9 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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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.