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Wooden statuette of a woman kneeling and wearing a crecent-like headdress
Wooden statuette of a woman kneeling and wearing a crecent-like headdress
Object Number 2004.29.12434
Display Title Wooden statuette of a woman kneeling and wearing a crecent-like headdress
Descriptions
Object Description written on board: "Congo / Africa / Fetish statuette of sculptured / wood, brown patination. / Shows a woman kneeling, / hands on knees & wearing / a crescent-like head dress."; printed on photograph: "144"; written on photograph: "Congo."
Department Photographic
Culture
  • African
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 15.24 × 6.6675 cm (6 × 2 5/8 in.)

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