Figurine

Museum number:
5-1677
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Accession number:
Acc.1302
Description:
Carved wooden figurine: fetish; grass braided cord around head and body. height 29.2 cm.
Donor:
Igor Kopytoff and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Central Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Batchok (Chokwe)
Culture or time period:
Chokwe
Materials:
Grass (plant material) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fetishes and Figurines
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 5-1677, described as Carved wooden figurine: fetish; grass braided cord around head and body. height 29.2 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 5-1677, described as Carved wooden figurine: fetish; grass braided cord around head and body. height 29.2 cm.

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