Fetish figure, wood

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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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