
Pendant, figure of kneeling woman
- Made:
- 1880-1920 in Democratic Republic of Congo


Figurine of kneeling woman or child with protuberant belly and hands by cheeks forming pendant, made of bone (?), from upper Congo, 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A652553
- type:
- protective amulets and folk medicine (protection), female, folk medicine (protection), pendants, protective amulets and statues
- credit:
- Loan, Wellcome Trust