Wooden figurine

Museum number:
5-1576
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050001576
Accession number:
Acc.1302
Description:
Carved wooden male figurine, Suku “ fetish;” Konju (Northwest Basuku). Height 21.6 cm. Old, recognized as “traditional” style. From Secteur Bindungi, Territoire Masi-Manimba. Carver unknown. For data on Konju, see 5-1556.
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 5-1576, described as Carved wooden male figurine, Suku “ fetish;” Konju (Northwest Basuku). Height 21.6 cm. Old, recognized as “traditional” style. From Secteur Bindungi, Territoire Masi-Manimba. Carver unknown. For data on Konju, see 5-1556.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wooden figurine, accession number 5-1576, described as Carved wooden male figurine, Suku “ fetish;” Konju (Northwest Basuku). Height 21.6 cm. Old, recognized as “traditional” style. From Secteur Bindungi, Territoire Masi-Manimba. Carver unknown. For data on Konju, see 5-1556.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wooden figurine, accession number 5-1576, described as Carved wooden male figurine, Suku “ fetish;” Konju (Northwest Basuku). Height 21.6 cm. Old, recognized as “traditional” style. From Secteur Bindungi, Territoire Masi-Manimba. Carver unknown. For data on Konju, see 5-1556.

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