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Female figure
Object Number 34-34-50/251
Display Title Female figure
Descriptions
Inventory Description Figurine, carved wood, standing female, brass studs, canvas/cowrie headdress
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Date 1933 or earlier
Culture
  • Gio
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cote d'Ivoire
Africa / Liberia
Materials Wood, Canvas, Brass, Cowrie shells, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 43.7 x 13 x 12.6 cm (17 3/16 x 5 1/8 x 4 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34-34-50/251
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Gifts for Special Uses Fund, 1933
Provenance
Collector Alfred J. Tulk (1933-1934)

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