Carved ivory tobacco mortar in the form of a male figure
- Made:
- 1880-1915 in Democratic Republic of Congo
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Carved ivory tobacco mortar in the form of a male figure with roughly cylindrical mortar surmounting head, possibly made by Batchokwe tribe for tourist trade, Congolese, 1880-1915
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A54297
- Materials:
- ivory
- type:
- tobacco mortars
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
