Carved wooden ancestral figure of female in standing position with hands clutching stomach

Carved wooden ancestral figure of female in standing position with hands clutching stomach, possibly a product of early tourist demand, Baule, Congo, 1900-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652572
Materials:
wood
Measurements:
height 355 mm
length 85 mm
width 90 mm
type:
statues
credit:
Sotheby's