2 carved wooden statues of two erect figures facing each other

Made:
1800-1900 in Angola
2 carved wooden statues of two erect figures facing each other

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2 carved wooden statues of two erect figures facing each other
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2 carved wooden statues of two erect figures facing each other, each holding a pestle which they beat in the same mortar, part of chair rail(?), Chokwe tribe(?), Angola, 1880-1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652403
Materials:
wood
type:
statues
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)