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Ivory figurine with abstract body, dark-brown patina
Ivory figurine with abstract body, dark-brown patina
Object Number 975-12-50/11791
Display Title Ivory figurine with abstract body, dark-brown patina
Descriptions
Inventory Description Figurine, standing anthropomorph, carved eyes and nose, diamond body, round base
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1975?
Culture
  • Lega
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zaire
Additional Geographic Terms Belgian Congo
Materials Elephant ivory
Dimensions Overall: 7 x 3 x 1.6 cm (2 3/4 x 1 3/16 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 975-12-50/11791
Provenance
Collector Donald Deskey (1975)

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