Carved wooden statue head and trunk of male and female terminating in pedestal block

Made:
1890-1920 in Africa
Carved wooden statue head and trunk of male and female Carved wooden statue head and trunk of male and female Carved wooden statue head and trunk of male and female
Carved wooden statue head and trunk of male and female Carved wooden statue head and trunk of male and female Carved wooden statue head and trunk of male and female

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Carved wooden statue head and trunk of male and female
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Carved wooden statue head and trunk of male and female
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Carved wooden statue head and trunk of male and female
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Carved wooden statue head and trunk of male and female terminating in pedestal block, facing each other, large pair of legs support pedestal, Azande(?), Central Africa, 1890-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657313
Materials:
wood
type:
statues

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