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Carved wooden head covered with parchment
Carved wooden head covered with parchment
Object Number 2004.29.12413
Display Title Carved wooden head covered with parchment
Descriptions
Object Description written on board: "Africa / Cameroon / Cephalomorphic fetish / of wood covered w. / brown parchment. / Teeth of copper. / Head with mouth / open - on top are / two horns which / are bent back."
Department Photographic
Culture
  • African
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 19.05 × 5.3975 cm (7 1/2 × 2 1/8 in.)

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