| Object Number | AF5192 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Maritime Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Iconography | Female |
| Description | Figurine of the type of Makonda, representing or symbolizing a tutelary spirit of children, invoked by expectant mothers who have previously lost children. Such figures belong to the class of therapeutic agencies and normally have "medicine" attached or applied in a way characteristic of Lower Congo magical images. This figurine had perhaps never been "consecrated" by the medicine -man. Wooden female figure holding breasts and wearing pointed striated cap. |
| Height | 18.5 cm |
| Width | 6.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1924 |
| Other Number | 84 - Field No SF | 29-94-7 - Other Number |
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