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Object Number
2004.29.12437
Display Title
Wooden statuette of person holding a leather bottle for medicine
Descriptions
Object Description
written on board: "Congo / Africa / Fetish-statuette of medecin - / sculptured wood, en- / crusted with teeth - shows / small person standing with / leather bottle for medicine on its stomach."; printed on photograph: "137"; written on photograph: "French / Congo"
Department
Photographic
Culture
- African
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
French Congo
Dimensions
Overall: 12.065 × 6.0325 cm (4 3/4 × 2 3/8 in.)
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