figurine;
toy
- Museum number
- Am1978,15.706.b
- Description
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Figurine (one of two); made of maize leaves; in the form of man with bucket; particleboard rectangle for base; man stands on base, holding bucket in left hand, cane in right hand; maize leaf hat with green thread hatband; white cotton glued on for beard; yellow maize strap around torso; black wool stripes on bucket; trousers brown maize leaf.
- Production date
- 1970s
- Dimensions
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Height: 6.50 centimetres
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Width: 3.50 centimetres
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Depth: 4 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1977-1978, London, Horniman Museum
- Acquisition date
- 1978
- Acquisition notes
- Objects collected during the 1970s by Chloë Sayer and Marcos Ortiz. They were exhibited in 1977-1978 at the Horniman Museum, and later acquired by the British Museum.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1978,15.706.b