Carved ivory snuff mortar
- Made:
- 1880-1920 in Democratic Republic of Congo
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Carved ivory snuff mortar
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Carved ivory snuff mortar, cylindrical bowl supported on the head of a stylised female figure whose sex is stressed by the carver, Baluba tribe(?), South East Congo, 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A656785
- Materials:
- ivory
- type:
- snuff mortar
