Carved wooden tobacco mortar in the form of a squatting human figure

Carved wooden tobacco mortar in the form of a squatting human Carved wooden tobacco mortar in the form of a squatting human

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Carved wooden tobacco mortar in the form of a squatting human
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Carved wooden tobacco mortar in the form of a squatting human
Science Museum Group Collection
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Carved wooden tobacco mortar in the form of a squatting human figure with drum shaped bowl on head, plain mortar attached, Bena Lulua tribe(?) Southern Congo, 1890-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A10443
Materials:
wood and stopper, gourd
type:
mortars pestles
credit:
Vicentius