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Female statue
Object Number 17-41-50/B1585
Display Title Female statue
Descriptions
Inventory Description Statue, carved wood, female figure, white glass bead eyes, knotted cloth in top
Classification
  • Statue
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Songye
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Additional Geographic Terms Welle Basin; Democratic Republic of Congo, central
Materials Wood, Cloth, Metal, Fiber cord, Glass, Textile, Cord, Bead, Glass
Dimensions Overall: 20.5 x 7 x 6.2 cm (8 1/16 x 2 3/4 x 2 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 17-41-50/B.1585
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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