Small ivory effigy of mother and child

Made:
1860-1910

Small ivory effigy of mother and child, woman sitting down holding baby who is being breast fed, rombic pattern in small of mothers back, Central Africa, Congolese(?) 1860-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A655934
Materials:
ivory
Measurements:
overall: 100 mm x 40 mm x 38 mm, .04 kg
type:
statues
credit:
Glendining