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Image Not Available for Double drinking cup in shape of two human heads
Double drinking cup in shape of two human heads
Image Not Available for Double drinking cup in shape of two human heads
Object Number 2004.24.30249
Display Title Double drinking cup in shape of two human heads
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Effigy
  • Household
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Wood
  • Cup
  • Human
Department Photographic
Date 1982
Artist Hillel S. Burger
Culture
  • Lele
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo / Kasai
Additional Geographic Terms Bantu, central; Kasai River
Materials Negative, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

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