Female Puppet with Articulated Arms

Ibibio people, Eket people, Nigeria, African

About 1900-1950

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Figure of a sacred, crouching Ibis, the body in painted wood and the head, long and curved neck, extended beak, bent legs, and feet in cast bronze with green patina.
Black and white blanket, strip-woven with stepped design, made by Vasili or Vassili, master weaver?
Female figure
Carved wooden mask with mud packed fiber wig and woven neck piece. Mask used in initiation ritual.