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Wooden female figurine, Wooden fetish female figure
Wooden female figurine, Wooden fetish female figure
Object Number 2004.24.17221
Display Title Wooden female figurine, Wooden fetish female figure
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden female figurine; Wooden fetish female figure. LIberia. Kra Tribe (37-77-50/2689). Gio Tribe (34-34-50/251). Reprodced in PM Papers, vol. XXXI, fig. 72, a and c.
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Effigy
  • Studio
Subject
  • Female
  • Wood
  • Fetish
  • Figurine
Department Photographic
Date 1944
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Culture
  • Kran
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 x 17.78 cm (5 x 7 in.)

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