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Fetish
Museum number:
5-1667a-d
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21051667a@2dd
Accession number:
Acc.1302
Description:
a) “Shya makoko” “fetish” -- carved wooden figurine with feather on top and tooth neck ornament. Height 27.94 cm. b) Pottery bowl, black ware. Diameter: 15.24 cm; height: 8.37 cm.
Donor:
Igor Kopytoff and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Batchok (Chokwe)
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels), Carvings (visual works), Fetishes, Figurines, Pottery, and Unclassified pottery
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1971-1972 #131: Department of Art (UC Davis) (May 10, 1972–June 13, 1972)
Legacy documentation: