Figure

Museum number:
5-1712
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1302
Description:
Carved wooden head-fetish. Face light brownish [red], dark brown features. Height 29.2 cm.
Donor:
Igor Kopytoff and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Basonde
Culture or time period:
Basonde
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and Fetishes
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1968-1969 #29: John C. Russell (October 25, 1968–November 4, 1968)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-1712, described as Carved wooden head-fetish. Face light brownish [red], dark brown features. Height 29.2 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-1712, described as Carved wooden head-fetish. Face light brownish [red], dark brown features. Height 29.2 cm.

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