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Object Number 2004.24.30244
Display Title standing female figure with bowl on head; traces of Kaolin and indigo
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Archaeological
  • Effigy
Subject
  • Wood
  • Female
Department Photographic
Date 1982
Artist Hillel S. Burger
Culture
  • Diula
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ivory Coast / Vallee du Bandama Region / Dabakala Department / Dabakala
Additional Geographic Terms Voltaic
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

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