Carved ivory statue representing ancestral female figurine wearing an iron necklace

Made:
1871-1920 in Democratic Republic of Congo
Carved ivory statue representing ancestral female figurine

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Carved ivory statue representing ancestral female figurine
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Carved ivory statue representing ancestral female figurine wearing an iron necklace, Manyema, Eastern Congo, 1871-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A89947
Materials:
ivory and iron
type:
statues
credit:
Pareyn, H.