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Object Number
22-2-50/B3645
Display Title
Ivory "medicine" receptacle
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Carving, tusk tapered to pointed end, perforated, slightly hollow, chipped
Classification
- Carving
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 35 x 3.4 x 4.1 cm (13 3/4 x 1 5/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
22-2-50/B/ 3645
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17-41-50/B1638 | Ivory fetish medicine (masque) |
Carving
|
Belgian Congo
| |
| 17-41-50/B1639 | Ivory fetish medicine (masque) |
Carving
|
Belgian Congo
| |
| 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/B1634 | Ivory fetish medicine (masques) |
Carving
|
Belgian Congo
| |
| 17-41-50/B1640 | Ivory fetish medicine (masque) |
Carving
|
Belgian Congo
| |
| 20-29-50/B2196 | Divining tusk (imitation ebony tusks of "ngi" society containing "medicine" |
Carving
|
Cameroon
| |
| 17-41-50/B1630 | Ivory fetish medicine (masques) |
Carving
|
Belgian Congo
| |
| 17-41-50/B1633.1 | Ivory fetish medicine (masques) - 1 half |
Carving
|
Belgian Congo
| |
| 17-41-50/B1643 | Ivory fetish medicine (masque) carved with figures |
Carving
|
Congo
Angola | |
| 17-41-50/B1633.2 | Ivory fetish medicine (masques) - 1 half |
Carving
|
Belgian Congo
| |
| 17-41-50/B1642 | Ivory fetish medicine (masque) |
Carving
|
Belgian Congo
|