Figurine
58-17-139
From: Republic of the Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 58-17-139 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bateke |
| Provenience | Republic of the Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Iconography | Man |
| Description | Figurine in light colored wood with barrel-shaped body (to which, were this not for the tourist trade, medicines would once have been attached, hiding the trunk), two legs, with left foot mended; head with crested headdress, dark-colored, and spade-shaped beard; sides of face completely scarified; piece carved off-center of original branch or trunk. |
| Height | 23.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Harry B. Wright, 1958 |
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