Ivory ancestral figure

Made:
1871-1920 in Democratic Republic of Congo
Ivory ancestral figure, carved in stylized form Ivory ancestral figure, carved in stylized form

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Ivory ancestral figure, carved in stylized form
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Ivory ancestral figure, carved in stylized form
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Ivory ancestral figure, carved in stylized form, represents a female with long neck and arms, Baluba, Eastern Congo, 1871-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A651187
Materials:
ivory
type:
statues