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Wooden idol or fetish
Object Number 98-3-50/51247
Display Title Wooden idol or fetish
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sculpture, squating female figure, fiber on hips and neck, residued surface, bal
Classification
  • Sculpture
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Congo River?
Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 23.7 x 7.9 x 5.2 cm (9 5/16 x 3 1/8 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 98-3-50/51247
Provenance
Donor Donated by Dr. H. K. Faulkner
Donor Donated by Dr. W. E. Faulkner

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