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Wooden carved buffalo
Wooden carved buffalo
Object Number 60-25-50/10393
Display Title Wooden carved buffalo
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden figurine, male water buffalo, incised, 1 broken ear.
Classification
  • Figurine
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kpwesi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Additional Geographic Terms Bassa: Twodo or Twgalo, town of
Materials Wood, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 53 x 12.5 x 22 cm (20 7/8 x 4 15/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 60-25-50/10393

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