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Object Number 17-41-50/B1948
Display Title Fetish
Descriptions
Object Description Fetish - red painted with loin cloth. See conservation record for additional description
Inventory Description Figurine, carved wood, pointed at both ends, mended
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Date 1899 or earlier
Culture
  • Isakandombe?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 37.8 x 4.8 x 6.4 cm (14 7/8 x 1 7/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 17-41-50/B1948
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 Mrs. George P. Howe (1917)
Donor Prof. A. C. Coolidge (1917)
Donor Mr. Oric Bates (1917)

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