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Male Statue
Object Number 17-41-50/B1586
Display Title Male Statue
Descriptions
Object Description Fetish figure, bead eyes, charms on neck Carved wooden figure. The object is a small male figure on a circular shaped pedestal carved from a single piece of wood. The figure has distinctive features, a large head, protruding belly with hands flat on it, bent knees, large flat toes spread out on the the base and red and white beaded eyes that are attached with a black/brown paste-like material. A small hole is present at the top of the head and both ears. A thin strip of machine made plain-weaved fiber hangs from the objects PR ear. The figure wears 6 pointed cylinders, 5 are wood and one is a woven cloth fiber, strung onto a cotton fiber cord that is hung around the figure's neck. Indentifying marks: A Peabody Museum catalogue number has been applied to the back of the pedestal in red ink.
Inventory Description Statue, carved wood, male figure, red glass bead eyes, knotted cloth in top of h
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, Fiber cord, Glass, Textile, Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 22 x 5.5 x 6.4 cm (8 11/16 x 2 3/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 17-41-50/B.1586
Provenance
Collector Henri Pareyn (1880's-1890's)
Dealer William O. Oldman (1917)
Donor Mrs. George P. Howe (July 1917)
Donor Prof. A. C. Coolidge (July 1917)
Donor Mr. Oric Bates (July 1917)

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