Wooden effigy representing the goddess of maternity

Made:: 1880-1930 in Kinshasa

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Wooden effigy representing the goddess of maternity
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Wooden effigy representing the goddess of maternity, used as an oracle, Batetala tribe, Belgian Congo, African, 1880-1930

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A658222

Materials:: wood

type:: effigy

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Wooden effigy representing the goddess of maternity

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