Male figure of carved wood on rand base
- Made:
- 1870-1920 in Democratic Republic of Congo
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Male figure of carved wood on rand base, figure has large genitalia, and tongue or labret on lower lip, from West Congo, made by Bakango, possibly Mayombe tribe, West Congo, 1870-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A651681
- Materials:
- wood
- Measurements:
-
with base approx: height 970 mm
max: width 220 mm
base: diameter 250 mm
- type:
- statues
