Carved ivory tobacco mortar in the form of a man(?

Made:
1890-1915 in Democratic Republic of Congo
Carved ivory tobacco mortar in the form of a man(?) kneeling

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Carved ivory tobacco mortar in the form of a man(?) kneeling
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Carved ivory tobacco mortar in the form of a man(?) kneeling down, possibly portraying a royal ancestor, bowl-shaped mortar surmounting head, Batchokwe, Southern Congo, 1890-1915

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652452
Materials:
ivory
type:
tobacco mortars
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)