Figure Item Number: K2.250 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Plain realistic style of a woman's head with a black shiny finish. She has a prominent forehead with carved eyes having eyelids. There is a rounded nose, a fairly ample mouth, and the ears are on the sides. There is a neck with a base that has diagonal grooves all around the sloped sides. She is wearing a cap on her head decorated with vertically curvy lines going up to the central rounded knob and filled in throughout with grooved lines.
Narrative
Collected by Roy Dunlop.
Item History
- Made in Ghana
- Collected during 1964
- Owned by Roy G. Dunlop before 1964
- Received from Roy G. Dunlop (Donor) during 1964
What
- Name
- Figure
- Identification Number
- K2.250
- Type of Item
- figure
- Material
- ebony wood
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved
- Overall
- height 22.3 cm, width 10.5 cm, depth 14.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- West African
- Previous Owner
- Roy G. Dunlop
- Received from
- Roy G. Dunlop (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Ghana
When
- Collection Date
- during 1964
- Ownership Date
- before 1964
- Acquisition Date
- during 1964
Other
- Item Classes
- carvings & sculpture
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0114/0024