Standing wood figure (ibeji) on flat round platform. Tapered oval head with flat chin, carved hair, and smooth rounded features, with carved lines on each cheek. Ears and buttocks are pointed. Phallus protrudes from the waist. Rounded stomach with carved triangle decorations. Arms are connected to the body forming an oval. Decorated with beaded red and white belt and beaded brown necklace.

Carved wooden headrest. Rectangular base with hollows on side and back. Back hollow is framed by a carved line. Two figures joined in a curved line form the top. Facial features are faintly carved on side and deep on the other. Both have large foreheads. Each figure is holding a board connected to the base and carved with swirling lines. A dome with curls on each side rests in the middle of the two figures. A ridged curved board spans the top of the headrest. Inscription on base in white paint.

Gift of Richard H. Clarke

Gift of Richard H. Clarke

Trapezoidal-shaped backrest (a) made of thin willow rods tied together with sinew and edged with red wool cloth. The top of the backrest has a "handle" of deer hide covered with red wool cloth that hangs down in two bands that are woven into the top of the backrest. The handle is used to suspend the backrest from a tripod of wood sticks (b). Condition: good. Some soiling on wool cloth.

Museum Expedition 1941, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund

Gift of Dr. John H. Finney

Gift of Dr. John H. Finney

Gift of Morris De Camp Crawford, Jr.

String puppet (marioneta) representing the character Venus. Puppet wears a very long dark pink skirt, and a short dark pink top with plastic round nipples attached to the outside. Her hair is also pink; clear plastic points project from the back of her head. Her midriff is exposed, showing very pale 'skin', like her face. Her lips are painted dark red. Her eyes appear to be glass balls. Her hands are carved of wood. Artist's inscription at base of body.