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29-59-22

From: Angola

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 29-59-22
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Ambundu
Provenience Angola
Section African
Materials Wood | Fiber
Iconography Amandus Johnson
Description

Wood. Human head; body is merely cylinder hollowed in front for insertion of medicine. Fibre string around neck. "Huung in hut or placed on an altar."

Height 18.9 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Henry C. Mercer, 1927
Other Number Mercer 19564 - Old Museum Number | 96 - Field No SF

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