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Object Number 17-41-50/B1893
Display Title "Thief finder"
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tool, unclassified, carved wood figurine with human face, vegetable fiber bundle
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Dimensions Overall: 31 x 5.7 x 5.1 cm (12 3/16 x 2 1/4 x 2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B.1893

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