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Female figure, holding child on her back
Object Number 11-46-50/83136
Display Title Female figure, holding child on her back
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden figurine, woman with child on back, bead necklace, skirt, scars.
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Date Late 19th-early 20th century
Culture
  • Ovimbundu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Angola
Additional Geographic Terms Benguela, 300 miles east of; Benguela Highlands
Materials Wood, Glass, Cotton, Unidentified material
Dimensions Overall: 40.5 x 10.5 x 9 cm (15 15/16 x 4 1/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 83136
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1911
Provenance
Collector Rev. Henry A. Neipp (1906-10 - 1911)

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