Carved wooden snuff mortar in the form of a squatting human figure

Made:
1880-1920 in Kinshasa
Carved wooden snuff mortar in the form of a squatting human

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Carved wooden snuff mortar in the form of a squatting human
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Carved wooden snuff mortar in the form of a squatting human figure, female, cauldron-like bowl supported on head, Bambala tribe(?), Kwango River basin, south-west Congo, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A656781
Materials:
wood
Measurements:
height 126 mm
bowl: height 29 mm
length 40 mm
width 38 mm
bowl: diameter 35 mm
type:
snuff mortar

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