Fetish figure
- Museum number:
- 5-17095
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21050017095
- Alternate number:
- 39 (previous number (donor's original number), appraisal number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.4806
- Description:
- Senufo fetish doll, wood, canvas/burlap and raffia
- Donor:
- Robert D. Haas
- Collection place:
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Haas served in the Peace Corps in the Ivory Coast from 1964 to 1966.
- Production place:
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Culture or time period:
- Senufo
- Collector:
- Robert D. Haas
- Collection date:
- 1964-1966
- Materials:
- Burlap, Palm fiber, and Wood (plant material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Fetishes
- Function:
- 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
- Accession date:
- August 14, 2017
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Dimensions:
- whole— width 8 inches, whole— height 6 inches, whole— width 9 inches, whole— length 29 inches, whole— height 29 inches, and whole— depth 6.5 inches
- Images:
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