Ivory figure, kneeling, hands to ears, eyes closed

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Ivory figure, kneeling, hands to ears, eyes closed
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Ivory figure, kneeling, hands to ears, eyes closed, to make bearing and birth of child easy, Bahuana, maker(?), Congolese, 1890-1930

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658227
Materials:
ivory
type:
therapeutic amulets