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Object Number 2004.24.24200B
Display Title Ebony effigy used on covers of bark pails in which ancestral skulls are placed
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Studio
  • Effigy
  • Ritual
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Ebony
  • Anthropomorphic
  • Effigy
Department Photographic
Date 1965
Artist Joya Hairs
Culture
  • Bulu
  • Fang
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Dimensions Overall: 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)

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Ebony effigy used on covers of bark pails in which ancestral skulls are placed
2004.24.24200A Ebony effigy used on covers of bark pails in which ancestral skulls are placed
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Ebony effigy used on covers of bark pails in which ancestral skulls are placed
2004.24.24200C Ebony effigy used on covers of bark pails in which ancestral skulls are placed
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