figure
- Museum number
- Af1954,23.1659
- Description
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Register 1954
Composite figure, seated and clasping a bottle of wood, the coiffure, coat, and bottle blackened and with a fibre waistband; the eyes inset with mirror glass.
- Dimensions
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Height: 100 centimetres
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Width: 30 centimetres
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Depth: 30.30 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register 1954:
Mayombe. Placed on the graves of chiefs.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1954
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1954,23.1659
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 3835/1936 (Wellcome Collection Number)
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 7330 (Wellcome Collection Number)