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LicenseCarved ivory statue, anthropomorphic figure in form of a man
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Carved ivory statue, anthropomorphic figure in form of a man
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Carved ivory statue, anthropomorphic figure in form of a man, elaborately decorated with cicitrization, possibly Baluba, Lualaba-Kasai region, Congo, 1871-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A651197
- Materials:
- ivory
- Measurements:
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height 100 mm
length 37 mm
width 28 mm
- type:
- statues
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