Object Number | 29-236-11 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Algeria |
Culture Area | North Africa |
Date Made | 1860-1899 |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood |
Iconography | Hand |
Description | Hand (left). Wood with wool cord. Painted dark red/brown on top of hand. Split between ring finger, pinky and rest of hand. Repaired with nail. "Wooden hand of Fatima. It was hanging over the front door of a barber and watch repairer. It had been during 75 years in the family of the man from whom it was procured" |
Length | 10 cm |
Width | 7 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 11.S - Sommerville Number | 87-5-6 - Found in Collection Number |
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