Fetish

29-59-23

From: Angola | Lili

Curatorial Section: African

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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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