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Me mun, "idol"
Object Number 30-2-50/B4959
Display Title Me mun, "idol"
Descriptions
Object Description Me mun, "idol"
Inventory Description Carved wood human figure, burnished features, arms crossed at wrists, loincloth
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bamum
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, central
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 89.9 x 22.2 x 15 cm (35 3/8 x 8 3/4 x 5 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B\4959 & (green dot)\ 154\54
Provenance
Collector George Schwab (1930)

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