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Object Number
2004.29.12435
Display Title
Leather fan
Descriptions
Object Description
written on board: "Congo / Africa / Leather fan, the handle / is of sculptured wood, / then decoration being /in form of a human / head with long / beard."; printed on photograph: "147"; written on photograph: "Congo"
Department
Photographic
Culture
- African
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Congo
Dimensions
Overall: 14.9225 × 12.3825 cm (5 7/8 × 4 7/8 in.)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.29.12437 | Wooden statuette of person holding a leather bottle for medicine |
French Congo
| ||
| 2004.29.12440 | Large helmet or headpiece with human face |
Congo
| ||
| 2004.29.12441 | Wooden mask with warrior's face |
Congo
| ||
| 2004.29.12434 | Wooden statuette of a woman kneeling and wearing a crecent-like headdress |
Congo
| ||
| 2004.29.12436 | Wooden statuette of woman with baby |
Congo
| ||
| 2004.29.12438 | Wooden statuette of a woman carrying relics in a glazed box |
Congo
| ||
| 2004.29.12442 | Ebony head-shaped cup |
Congo
| ||
| 2004.29.12443 | Wooden dance mask with elephant face |
Congo
| ||
| 2004.29.12912 | Wooden cane handle with scuplted female form |
Belgian Congo
| ||
| 2004.29.12430 | Sculptured wood mask |
French Congo
| ||
| 2004.29.12445 | Wooden statue of seated woman |
Congo
| ||
| 2004.29.12444 | Wooden mask of human face with horns |
Congo
|