Wood log roughly carved in stylised phallic form bound with plaited wicker

Made:
1880-1930 in Kinshasa
Wood log roughly carved in stylised phallic form bound with

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Wood log roughly carved in stylised phallic form bound with plaited wicker, described as magico-religious object connected with fertility found buried in a sacred grave, Chiloango tribe, Congo(?), or Zaire

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657374
Materials:
wood and wrapper, wicker
Measurements:
length 540 mm
max: diameter 110 mm
type:
amulets
credit:
Glendining

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