
Wooden statue of squatting female figure










Wooden statue, depicting a squatting female, used as an oracle representing the goddess of maternity, Batetela, Belgian Congo
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A126697
- Materials:
- wood
- Measurements:
-
overall: 160 mm x 60 mm x 54 mm, .12 kg
- type:
- statues
- credit:
- Glendining