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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
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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