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Object Number
17-41-50/B1579
Display Title
Large wooden fetish, hung with charms
Descriptions
Object Description
Large wooden fetish, hung with charms, etc.
See Conservation Record for more information on description and technology of manufacture.
Inventory Description
Figurine, standing human, netted sacks tied at neck, fabric pants, bead anklets
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Bayaka
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Congo
Dimensions
Overall: 57 x 27 x 20 cm (22 7/16 x 10 5/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1 figurine, 50+ bark and cordage fragments
Label on object
17-41-50/B1579
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. George Howe, A. C. Coolidge, and Oric Bates, 1917
Provenance
Collector
Henri Pareyn
(1880's-1890's)
Dealer
William O. Oldman
(1917)
Donor
Prof. A. C. Coolidge
(July 1917)
Donor
Mr. Oric Bates
(July 1917)
Donor
Mrs. George P. Howe
(July 1917)
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