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Object Number
975-12-50/11788
Display Title
Fetish figure, wood
Descriptions
Object Description
Fetish figure, wood
Inventory Description
Figurine, carved wood, anthropomorphic head, ear, eye, mouth holes, flat base
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1975?
Culture
- Lega
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Zaire
Additional Geographic Terms
Belgian Congo
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 10.9 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm (4 5/16 x 15/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
975-12-50/11788
Provenance
Collector
Donald Deskey
(1975)
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