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Wooden figure with grass skirt, fetish
Wooden figure with grass skirt, fetish
Object Number 2004.24.18710
Display Title Wooden figure with grass skirt, fetish
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden figure with grass skirt, fetish. F. P. Orchard. Africa - Zaire.
Keywords
  • Studio
  • Ethnographic
  • Effigy
Subject
  • Skirt
  • Grass
  • Figure
  • Wood
  • Fetish
Department Photographic
Date 1947
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Culture
  • Luba
  • Mongo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo / Katanga
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 x 17.78 cm (5 x 7 in.)

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