Object Number | 29-59-23 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Ambundu |
Provenience | Angola | Lili |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood |
Iconography | Amandus Johnson |
Description | Wood. Male. "Worn separately from above duck as a protection against other fetish. The tuft of hair which runs through the figure holds the medicine in which is the power. The hole in the head was for a cord by which it could be carried. The hole in stomach also for medicine." The "Duck" mentioned does not seem to have been received at Museum. |
Height | 11.8 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Henry C. Mercer, 1927 |
Other Number | Mercer 19560 - Old Museum Number | 39 - Field No SF |
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