Figurine

Museum number:
5-1577
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050001577
Accession number:
Acc.1302
Description:
Carved wooden figurine, Suku “fetish,” five string beaded neck ornament; Membwolu (Northwest Basuku). Height 13.32 cm. For data on Mumbwolu, see 5-1554. Figurines 5-1577-83 are all “old,” i.e. they were carved and used in shrines before 1950-- this the terminal date; actually age may be more, although it’s doubtful they would be pre-1940. Carvers unknown. All from Secteur Bindungi, Territoire Masi-Manimba.
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:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 5-1577, described as Carved wooden figurine, Suku “fetish,” five string beaded neck ornament; Membwolu (Northwest Basuku). Height 13.32 cm. For data on Mumbwolu, see 5-1554. Figurines 5-1577-83 are all “old,” i.e. they were carved and used in shrines before 1950-- this the terminal date; actually age may be more, although it’s doubtful they would be pre-1940. Carvers unknown. All from Secteur Bindungi, Territoire Masi-Manimba.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 5-1577, described as Carved wooden figurine, Suku “fetish,” five string beaded neck ornament; Membwolu (Northwest Basuku). Height 13.32 cm. For data on Mumbwolu, see 5-1554. Figurines 5-1577-83 are all “old,” i.e. they were carved and used in shrines before 1950-- this the terminal date; actually age may be more, although it’s doubtful they would be pre-1940. Carvers unknown. All from Secteur Bindungi, Territoire Masi-Manimba.

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