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Object Number 976-68-50/12012
Display Title Large standing wooden figure in a cloth skirt and two bead necklaces.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden human figure, cotton skirt, bead, metal and hide decoration.
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Luba?
  • Songe?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Dimensions Overall: 106 x 25 x 23 cm (41 3/4 x 9 13/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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