figure
- Museum number
- Af1940,02.1
- Description
- Register 1940:
Wooden female figure, carved without arms seated on a pedestal; dark brown clothes. - Production ethnic group
- Made by: Igbo
- Production place
- Made in: Bende
Africa: sub-Saharan Africa: Nigeria: Abia State: Bende
- Dimensions
- Height: 66 centimetres
- Width: 12 centimetres
- Depth: 12.60 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- The figure was purchased from Greville Clarke without any provenance, and was attributed in the register by W B Fagg: 'Bende, Ibo. S. Nigeria'. Af1954,23.517 and Af1940,02.1 must be by the same sculptor, who was presumably Bende Igbo. (AVG)
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1940
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1940,02.1
