Object Number | 68-18-1 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Fang |
Provenience | Gabon |
Date Made | 1896 |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood |
Iconography | Male |
Description | "1- Idol with loincloth, tooth for eye, (damaged). Native barkcloth loincloth" Male figure, elongated torso, short bent legs (damaged by termites), arms bent, hands clasping club held upright in front of chest, long neck, chinless face, long thin nose, eyes are holes right one has tooth inserted in it. Horseshoe shaped hair-do from ear-to-ear over the head. |
Height | 59 cm |
Width | 13 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. S. Logan Kerr, 1968 |
Other Number | 1 - Collector Number |
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