Effigy Vessel

Object Number:

AF4683

Current Location:

Africa Gallery

Culture:

Mangbetu

Provenience:

Northeastern Zaire

Section:

African

Materials:

Ceramic

Description:

Brown ware blackened. Globular portion has incised lines to represent arms and hands; neck modelled to represent human head. "A sort of idol, or held as sacred."

Credit Line:

Purchased from Lawson S. Propst and William Wight

Current & Past Exhibitions:

African Gallery ( Aug 1995)

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