Small ivory statue of a female ancestral figure

Made:
1871-1925 in Democratic Republic of Congo
Small ivory statue of a female ancestral figure Small ivory statue of a female ancestral figure

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Small ivory statue of a female ancestral figure
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Small ivory statue of a female ancestral figure
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Small ivory statue of a female ancestral figure, tip of animal tusk carved into form of a head, Baluba (?) Urua, Congolese, 1871-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A175271
Materials:
ivory, animal tusk
type:
statues