Wooden figurine

Museum number:
5-1575
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050001575
Accession number:
Acc.1302
Description:
Carved wooden figurine, Suku “fetish;” Mumbwolu (Northwest Basuku). Height 15.25 cm. Mumbwolu figurine. Old, carved certainly before 1950. Recognized as “traditional” in style by the Suku. From Secteur Bindungi, Territoire Madi-manimba; carver unknown. For mumbwolu, see data on disease for 5-1554.
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 Wooden figurine, accession number 5-1575, described as Carved wooden figurine, Suku “fetish;” Mumbwolu (Northwest Basuku). Height 15.25 cm. Mumbwolu figurine. Old, carved certainly before 1950. Recognized as “traditional” in style by the Suku. From Secteur Bindungi, Territoire Madi-manimba; carver unknown. For mumbwolu, see data on disease for 5-1554.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wooden figurine, accession number 5-1575, described as Carved wooden figurine, Suku “fetish;” Mumbwolu (Northwest Basuku). Height 15.25 cm. Mumbwolu figurine. Old, carved certainly before 1950. Recognized as “traditional” in style by the Suku. From Secteur Bindungi, Territoire Madi-manimba; carver unknown. For mumbwolu, see data on disease for 5-1554.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wooden figurine, accession number 5-1575, described as Carved wooden figurine, Suku “fetish;” Mumbwolu (Northwest Basuku). Height 15.25 cm. Mumbwolu figurine. Old, carved certainly before 1950. Recognized as “traditional” in style by the Suku. From Secteur Bindungi, Territoire Madi-manimba; carver unknown. For mumbwolu, see data on disease for 5-1554.

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