Small ivory figure made from a tusk tip with human head carved at end
- Made:
- 1871-1930 in Democratic Republic of Congo
Small ivory figure made from a tusk tip with human head carved at end with pierced hole in middle for suspension, form of ancestor worship, Urua, East Congo, 1871-1930
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A175273
- Materials:
- ivory
- type:
- statues
- credit:
- Puttick and Simpson Limited