Carved wooden figure of sitting female holding an offering bowl

Made:
1860-1874 in Kinshasa
Carved wooden figure of sitting female holding an offering bowl

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Carved wooden figure of sitting female holding an offering bowl
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Carved wooden figure of sitting female holding an offering bowl, made by a husband, used to collect offering for a child, Urua tribe, Congolese, Lake Mweree District, 1860-1874, found at Kumasi in Wolseley Expedition on West Coast in 1874

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A655935
Materials:
wood and cloth
type:
effigies
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)