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Object Number
17-41-50/B1644
Display Title
Ivory figure
Descriptions
Object Description
Ivory figure
Inventory Description
Figurine, carved ivory, human head and partial torso, roughly hewn, cracked
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Congo
Materials
Elephant ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 9.5 x 4.4 x 4.6 cm (3 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 1 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
17-41-50/ B./ 1644
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|
Zaire
| |
| 17-41-50/B1645 | Ivory fetish figure, no legs |
Figurine
|
Congo
| |
| 61-58-50/10512 | Ivory head |
Figurine
|
Congo
| |
| 975-12-50/11792 | Ivory human figure |
Figurine
|
Zaire
| |
| 17-41-50/B1621 | Ivory fetish figure |
Figurine
|
Belgian Congo
| |
| 17-41-50/B1625 | Ivory fetish figure |
Figurine
|
Belgian Congo
| |
| 17-41-50/B1646 | Ivory fetish figure, better work and older |
Figurine
|
Congo
| |
| 975-12-50/11794 | Ivory fetish figure, male |
Figurine
|
Zaire
| |
| 17-41-50/B1620 | Ivory fetish figure |
Figurine
|
Belgian Congo
| |
| 975-12-50/11790 | Ivory female figure with punctates at hairline |
Figurine
|
Zaire
| |
| 61-57-50/10499 | Ivory figure, modern style, diagonal belt across chest |
Figurine
|
Congo
| |
| 975-12-50/11796 | Ivory figure, standing on base |
Figurine
|
Zaire
|