memory board(?)
- Museum number
- Af1954,+23.2891
- Description
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Memory board; carved of wood; rectangular block of wood with carved head protruding out top; five faces and geometric designs carved on front; rectangular recess with lizard carved inside, bordered with geometric designs, carved on back; sides carved with geometric designs painted with traces of white and black pigment.
- Dimensions
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Height: 45.80 centimetres
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Width: 23.20 centimetres
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Depth: 13.40 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibition history:
2013 22 Apr-2014 4 Jan, Washington, National Museum of African Art, Earth Matters
- Acquisition date
- 1954
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1954,+23.2891
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 85753 (Wellcome collection number)