Ivory figurine carved in the flat
- Made:
- 1880-1930 in Democratic Republic of Congo
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Ivory figurine carved in the flat, suspended from elephant hair belt, pivoted from lateral perforation in the shoulder, crouching female with hands raised to cheeks, worn by pregnant women, upper Congo, 1880-1930
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A655912
- Materials:
- ivory, belt, hair, elephant and copper (wire)
- credit:
- Glendining
