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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
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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