Carved figure

Museum number:
5-1703
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1302
Description:
Carved wooden figurine-festish, “Koshi and Kibula;” feather on crown, rag skirt around waist, braided waist string band. White splotches of paint on body and face. Height 52.32 cm. See 5-1701.
Donor:
Igor Kopytoff and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Bambala
Collector:
Igor Kopytoff
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Carved figure, accession number 5-1703, described as Carved wooden figurine-festish, “Koshi and Kibula;” feather on crown, rag skirt around waist, braided waist string band. White splotches of paint on body and face. Height 52.32 cm. See 5-1701.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Carved figure, accession number 5-1703, described as Carved wooden figurine-festish, “Koshi and Kibula;” feather on crown, rag skirt around waist, braided waist string band. White splotches of paint on body and face. Height 52.32 cm. See 5-1701.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carved figure, accession number 5-1703, described as Carved wooden figurine-festish, “Koshi and Kibula;” feather on crown, rag skirt around waist, braided waist string band. White splotches of paint on body and face. Height 52.32 cm. See 5-1701.

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