figure
- Museum number
- Af1954,23.1676
- Description
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Register 1954
Wood female figure of a catechist (right ear missing).
- Dimensions
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Height: 30 centimetres
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Width: 11.60 centimetres
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Depth: 8.80 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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According to the Wellcome catalog card #160251, This object was purchased by Wellcome's Agent, Mr. Webb, at a Stevens' Auction Rooms auction October 17-18, 1933, Lot 362: (which according to the catalog was: "Two native carved figures"). The Wellcome catalog card reads: "Effigy: Carved wood, stained black; standing female; wearing dress and necklet, and pointed headdress, (one ear missing) 11 1/2" high. Belgian Congo."
The Wellcome archive folder is: WAHMM/CM/Inv/A/184 (https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b18825473#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=228&z=-0.0274%2C0%2C1.0547%2C0.6625)
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Register 1954
Wood female figure of a catechist (right ear missing).
Lot 362.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1954
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1954,23.1676
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 14980 (Wellcome Collection Number)
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 160251 (Wellcome Collection Number)
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 6128 (Wellcome Collection Number)
