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Object Number
988-18-50/12451A
Display Title
Human effigy pair
Descriptions
Object Description
Human effigy with both male and female sexual characteristics; proportionately large, bald head; straight back; sinew with human tooth twisted around waist; 14.3 x 2.5; split in back from top of head to buttocks. Human effigy with both male and female sexual characteristics; proportionately large head, long face; straight back; 13.6 x 2.8; multiple cracks from top of head to buttocks.
Inventory Description
Carved wooden figurine, human, with sinew wrapped around waist, cracked.
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Lobi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Burkina Faso
Materials
Wood, Fiber, Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 14.3 x 2.5 x 2 cm (5 5/8 x 1 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
988-18-50/12451A
Provenance
Provenance
Bakayoko Moussa
(10/1987-8/1988)
Donor
Christopher B. Steiner
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