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Object Number 990-5-50/12291
Display Title Priest Figurine
Descriptions
Object Description Priest Figurine
Inventory Description Carved wooden figurine, male, incised, pigmented, round base, cracked.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tutsi?
  • Hutu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Rwanda / Butare
Dimensions Overall: 42.5 x 11.7 x 13.5 cm (16 3/4 x 4 5/8 x 5 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 990-5-50/12291
Provenance
Collector Dr. Helen Codere (1959-1960 - 05/15/90)
Donor Dr. Helen Codere (1959-1960 - 05/15/90)

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