Ivory figure
- Made:
- 1890-1930 in Democratic Republic of Congo
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Ivory figure, kneeling, hands to ears, eyes closed, to make bearing and birth of child easy, Bahuana, maker(?), Congolese, 1890-1930
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A658227
- Materials:
- ivory
- type:
- therapeutic amulets
