Iron effigy in male form

Made:
1851-1920 in Kinshasa
Iron effigy in male form, very crudely executed Iron effigy in male form, very crudely executed

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Iron effigy in male form, very crudely executed
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Iron effigy in male form, very crudely executed
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Iron effigy in male form, very crudely executed, strip of cow hide looped round leg; rings like a bell when struck and iaid to be be hung up and rung by pregnant women, Bakuba tribe(?), Congo, 1851-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658221
Materials:
iron and strap, iron
type:
effigy
credit:
Martin, V.C.