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Object Number
61-58-50/10512
Display Title
Ivory head
Descriptions
Object Description
Ivory head
Inventory Description
Figurine, carved anthropomorphic head and torso, 4 perforations, flat back
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Congo
Additional Geographic Terms
Africa, central: Republic of Congo; Belgian Congo
Materials
Elephant ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 13.6 x 4.5 x 1.7 cm (5 3/8 x 1 3/4 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
61-58-50/10512
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Figurine
|
Zaire
| |
| 17-41-50/B1644 | Ivory figure |
Figurine
|
Congo
| |
| 17-41-50/B1729 | Long ivory pin |
Ornament
|
Congo
| |
| 975-12-50/11790 | Ivory female figure with punctates at hairline |
Figurine
|
Zaire
| |
| 975-12-50/11791 | Ivory figurine with abstract body, dark-brown patina |
Figurine
|
Zaire
| |
| 61-57-50/10498 | Ivory mask, fine old patine, classic feature, 4.5" h. |
Mask
|
Congo
| |
| 24-32-50/B3766 | Carved ivory elephant |
Figurine
|
Uganda
| |
| 975-12-50/11796 | Ivory figure, standing on base |
Figurine
|
Zaire
| |
| 975-12-50/11794 | Ivory fetish figure, male |
Figurine
|
Zaire
| |
| 17-41-50/B1645 | Ivory fetish figure, no legs |
Figurine
|
Congo
| |
| 17-41-50/B1620 | Ivory fetish figure |
Figurine
|
Belgian Congo
| |
| 17-41-50/B1621 | Ivory fetish figure |
Figurine
|
Belgian Congo
|