Carved wooden figure of female reclining on rectangular board

Made:
1880-1930 in Kinshasa
maker:
Bakongo people
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Carved wooden figure of female reclining on rectangular board
Science Museum Group

Carved wooden figure of female reclining on rectangular board
Science Museum Group Collection
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Carved wooden figure of female reclining on rectangular board
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Carved wooden figure of female reclining on rectangular board
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Carved wooden figure of female reclining on rectangular board
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Carved wooden figure of female reclining on rectangular board
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Carved wooden figure of female reclining on rectangular board, in position ready for a clitoridectomy (?), painted, Bakongo tibe, Congolese, 1880-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658224
Materials:
wood
type:
statues
credit:
Foster

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