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Object Number
11-46-50/83141
Display Title
Witch doctor's skins of small animal
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Hide and fur, dark brown fur with white stripes, legs, paws and ears included
Classification
- Faunal
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Umbundu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Angola
Additional Geographic Terms
Benquilla, 300 mi east of
Materials
Hide, Fur
Dimensions
Overall: 38.8 x 23 x 3.5 cm (15 1/4 x 9 1/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
11-46-50/83141
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-46-50/83142 | Witch doctor's skins of small animal |
Raw Material
Faunal |
Angola
| |
| 11-46-50/83144 | Witch doctor's skin of small animal |
Raw Material
Faunal |
Angola
| |
| 11-46-50/83147 | Witch doctor's goat skin |
Faunal
Raw Material |
Angola
| |
| 11-46-50/83143 | Witch doctor's skin of small animal |
Raw Material
Faunal |
Angola
| |
| 11-46-50/83130.2 | Witch doctor's basket containing meal, chicken claw and head |
Faunal
|
Angola
| |
| 11-46-50/83145 | Witch doctor's breast of ostrich |
Raw Material
Faunal |
Angola
| |
| 11-46-50/83139 | Witch doctor's bracelets, hair |
Bracelet
|
Angola
| |
| 11-46-50/83140 | Witch doctor's headdress, hair |
Headdress
|
Angola
| |
| 11-46-50/83146 | Witch doctor's skin bag containing red clay |
Bag
|
Angola
| |
| 11-46-50/83130.3 | Witch doctor's basket containing meal, chicken claw and head |
Faunal
|
Angola
| |
| 39-64-50/3491 | Wooden figure with united legs - in Witch Doctor's basket (cf. 50/3459) |
Accessory
|
Angola
| |
| 47-44-50/6207 | Animal hair found in witch doctor's pouch 47-44-n50/6194 |
Medicine bundle
|
Africa
|