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Object Number 2004.24.26485
Display Title Carvings - fly whisks and axes
Descriptions
Subject
  • Carving
  • Axe
  • Whisk
  • Anthropomorphic
  • Zoomorphic
  • Head
Department Photographic
Date May 1971
Artist Hillel S. Burger
Culture
  • Mongo
  • Luba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zaire / <State> / <County> / Urna Numba Kudga
Dimensions Overall: 9.53 x 11.43 cm (3 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.)

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