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Object Number
2004.29.12914
Display Title
Sculpted ivory anthropomorphic statuette
Descriptions
Object Description
written on board: "Belgian Congo. Africa / Sculptured ivory / statuette - fright / brown patina - / Anthropomorphic fe- / tich, standing - on / the head is a head- / dress of four shells. / Pays Waregas."
Department
Photographic
Culture
- African
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Belgian Congo
Dimensions
Overall: 6.0325 × 3.4925 cm (2 3/8 × 1 3/8 in.)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.29.12915 | Small carved wooden mask |
Belgian Congo
| ||
| 2004.29.12425 | Carved anthropomorphic ivory statuette |
French Congo
| ||
| 2004.29.12913 | Sculpted ivory horn |
Belgian Congo
| ||
| 2004.29.12434 | Wooden statuette of a woman kneeling and wearing a crecent-like headdress |
Congo
| ||
| 2004.29.12911 | Sculpted ivory horn |
Belgian Congo
| ||
| 2004.29.12437 | Wooden statuette of person holding a leather bottle for medicine |
French Congo
| ||
| 2004.29.12438 | Wooden statuette of a woman carrying relics in a glazed box |
Congo
| ||
| 2004.29.12773 | Wooden statuette of a woman |
Guinea
| ||
| 2004.29.12436 | Wooden statuette of woman with baby |
Congo
| ||
| 2004.29.15609 | Black patinated horn, with sculpted human face |
Sumatra
Borneo | ||
| 2004.29.12427 | Wooden carving of couple placed back to back |
French Congo
| ||
| 2004.29.12426 | Wooden carving of couple placed back to back |
French Congo
|