Carved wooden figurine with grass skirt, Suku “fetish;” Mumbwolu. Height 35.53 cm. Carved by a young man ca. 30-35 years old [as of ca. 1960], who was seen as a competent but not first-class carver. From village near the administrative center of the Secteur Lobo, territoire Feshi. E. Suku. Contemporary. See comment on 5-51154.
Donor:
Igor Kopytoff and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Suku
Culture or time period:
Suku
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fetishes and Figurines
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)