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Object Number
17-41-50/B1889
Display Title
Carved cup in shape of human head
Descriptions
Object Description
Cup - carved human head
* See conservation record for additional description *
Inventory Description
Cup, carved wood, human head form, traces of red pigment on exterior
Classification
- Cup
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1899 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Congo
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 20.6 x 10 x 13 cm (8 1/8 x 3 15/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
17-41-50/B1889
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. George Howe, A. C. Coolidge, and Oric Bates
Provenance
Collector
Henri Pareyn
Dealer
William O. Oldman
(ca.1917 - 1917)
Donor
Prof. A. C. Coolidge
(1917)
Donor
Mr. Oric Bates
(1917)
Donor
Mrs. George P. Howe
(1917)
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