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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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