M0014370: Marionnete representing a mother and child, Nigeria

Date:
December 1955
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/128/51
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M0014370: Marionnete representing a mother and child, Nigeria. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Marionnete representing mother and child, Nigeria, W.Africa

Description

Wooden marionnete painted brown, yellow and black, representing a mother and child created and used by the Ibibio people of southeastern Nigeria. The mother's lower jaw is articulated, as are the limbs of both the mother and child. The item was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1919 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R10702/1936). It is not held by Wellcome Collection.

Publication/Creation

December 1955

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provide an entry for the item: acc. number R10702/1936

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

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