Carved ivory statue in stylized form of an ancestral female figurine

Made:
1871-1920 in Democratic Republic of Congo
Carved ivory statue in stylized form of an ancestral female Carved ivory statue in stylized form of an ancestral female

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Carved ivory statue in stylized form of an ancestral female
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Carved ivory statue in stylized form of an ancestral female
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Carved ivory statue in stylized form of an ancestral female figurine, head and trunk only, Baluba, Eastern Congo, 1871-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A651196
Materials:
ivory
Measurements:
overall: 70 mm x 48 mm x 20 mm, .023 kg
type:
statues