Object Number | 8748 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Fang |
Provenience | Gabon |
Culture Area | Central Africa |
Section | African |
Materials | Seeds | Skin | Cane (plant) |
Description | Fetish. Used by native doctor in incantations, as are also the bell-shaped rattles. With band of hide to which are attached numerous half nuthshells. |
Height | 16 cm |
Width | 21 cm |
Depth | 8 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Rev. Dr. Robert Hamill Nassau, 1891 |
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