Tip of ivory tusk used as pestle for tobacco mortar of ivory fetish figure

Made:
1890-1920 in Democratic Republic of Congo
Tip of ivory tusk used as pestle for tobacco mortar of ivory

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Tip of ivory tusk used as pestle for tobacco mortar of ivory fetish figure, Mayumbe tribe, Congolese, 1890-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657864
Materials:
ivory
type:
pestles