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Object Number
2004.24.17230
Display Title
Small wood fetish, medicine man's mortar, wooden idol and cup
Descriptions
Object Description
Small wooden fetish (1766); Medicine man's mortar (1589); Wooden idol (51237); Two-headed wooden cup (B/1599) Belgian Congo. Warega Tribe (B/1766) Bakongo Tribe (B/1599).
Keywords
- Ethnographic
- Household
- Studio
Subject
- Wood
- Cup
- medicine
- Idol
- Head
- Man
- Mortar
- Fetish
Department
Photographic
Date
11/1944
Artist
Frederick P. Orchard
Culture
- Kongo
- Central Bantu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Zaire
Materials
Negative, nitrate
Dimensions
Overall: 8.89 x 12.7 cm (3 1/2 x 5 in.)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-9-10/87532 | Medicine man's fetish |
Art 3-D
Raw Material |
North America
| |
| 98-3-50/51236 | Wooden idol or fetish |
Figurine
Raw Material |
Africa
| |
| 98-3-50/51242 | Wood and clay figurine (idol or fetish) |
Figurine
|
Africa
| |
| 98-3-50/51249 | Wooden idol or fetish |
Figurine
|
Africa
| |
| 17-41-50/B1589 | Medicine man's mortar, head carved on end |
Tools
|
Congo
| |
| 98-3-50/51237 | Wooden idol or fetish |
Figurine
Raw Material |
Africa
| |
| 98-3-50/51238 | Wooden idol or fetish |
Figurine
Raw Material |
Africa
| |
| 98-3-50/51239 | Wooden idol or fetish |
Raw Material
Figurine |
Africa
| |
| 98-3-50/51240 | Wooden idol or fetish |
Figurine
Raw Material |
Africa
| |
| 98-3-50/51246 | Wooden idol or fetish |
Figurine
|
Africa
| |
| 98-3-50/51247 | Wooden idol or fetish |
Sculpture
|
Africa
| |
| 98-3-50/51248 | Wooden idol or fetish |
Figurine
|
Africa
|