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Object Number
40-24-50/5098
Display Title
Wooden crocodile with figure of nude woman on back
Descriptions
Object Description
Wooden crocodile with figure of nude woman on back (crocodile has eaten woman) - criss-cross burnt incising
Inventory Description
Carving, wooden lizard, crosshatched incisions, reclining woman on back
Classification
- Carving
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Mundu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Belgian Congo
Materials
Wood, Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 7.5 x 71.8 x 13.4 cm (2 15/16 x 28 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
40-24-50/5098
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