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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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17-41-50/B1946 | Fetish - red painted with loin cloth |
Figurine
|
Congo
| |
| 17-41-50/B1949 | Fetish - red painted with loin cloth |
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|
Congo
| |
| 17-41-50/B1950 | Fetish - red painted with loin cloth |
Figurine
|
Congo
| |
| 17-41-50/B1951 | Fetish - red painted with loin cloth |
Figurine
|
Congo
| |
| 17-41-50/B1947 | Fetish - red painted with loin cloth |
Statue
|
Congo
| |
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|
Congo
| |
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|
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| |
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|
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| |
| 17-41-50/B1635 | Ivory fetish medicine (masques) |
Carving
|
Belgian Congo
| |
| 17-41-50/B1636 | Ivory fetish medicine (masques) |
Carving
|
Belgian Congo
| |
| 17-41-50/B1638 | Ivory fetish medicine (masque) |
Carving
|
Belgian Congo
| |
| 17-41-50/B1639 | Ivory fetish medicine (masque) |
Carving
|
Belgian Congo
|