doll;
religious/ritual equipment
- Museum number
- Af1932,0516.32
- Description
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Mba Tsav doll; sewn of leather; female doll made of brown leather, decorated with green, white and red leather embroidery; leather strap sewn onto shoulders.
- Dimensions
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Height: 73 centimetres
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Width: 18 centimetres
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Depth: 12 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- See Ethdoc 241 - Notes on Tiv Cult Objects by R C Abraham, Anthropological Officer, N.P. Nigeria, 1 October 1931. Includes references to human sacrifice.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2011 Feb-Jul, Los Angeles, Fowler Museum UCLA, Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley
2011 Sep-2012 Mar, Washington, National Museum of African Art, Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley
2012 Apr-Oct, Palo Alto, CA, Cantor Centre Stanford, Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley
2012 Nov-2013 Jan, Paris, Musee de Quai Branly, Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley
- Acquisition date
- 1932
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1932,0516.32
