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Object Number 2004.24.18742
Display Title Wood male idols, used as talisman
Descriptions
Object Description Wood male idols - used as Talisman. Frederick P. Orchard. Africa - Cameroon.
Keywords
  • Studio
  • Ethnographic
  • Effigy
Subject
  • Carving
  • Wood
  • Male
  • Talisman
  • Idol
Department Photographic
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Culture
  • Bene
  • Fang
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 x 17.78 cm (5 x 7 in.)

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