artefact
- Museum number
- Af1948,39.5
- Description
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Carved ivory object, octagonally faceted with six circular motifs on each face and tapered stem which is broken at the base.
- Dimensions
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Height: 11 centimetres
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Width: 2 centimetres
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Depth: 2 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register 1948:
Ivory object in the form of an octagonal bulb at the end of a stem (broken).
5-14 WAREGA, BELGIAN CONGO.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Register 1948:
Broken.
- Acquisition date
- 1948
- Acquisition notes
- Af1948,39.1 to 16 were given by Sir Claud Hollis. It consists of a group of small sculptures, either nomoli figures from Sierra Leone or ivory statuettes from the Congo.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1948,39.5