Protective charm
- Museum number:
- 5-4427
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21050004427
- Alternate number:
- 263.1 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.1375
- Description:
- Wooden log with two faces carved on it; length: 24 cm. Is a protective charm (mahamba).
- Donor:
- Daniel J. Crowley and University Appropriation
- Collection place:
- Bakongo Village, Itanda, Angola
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Africa; Angola; Itanda; Chokwe
- Culture or time period:
- Chokwe
- Maker or artist:
- Chikuno of Itanda
- Collector:
- Daniel J. Crowley
- Collection date:
- June 3, 1960
- Materials:
- Wood (plant material) (carved wood)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Carvings (visual works)
- 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)
- Dimensions:
- length 24 centimeters
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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