Effigy Vessel

AF4683

From: Northeastern Zaire

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF4683
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Mangbetu
Provenience Northeastern Zaire
Section African
Materials Ceramic
Description

Brown ware blackened. Globular portion has incised lines to represent arms and hands; neck modelled to represent human head. "A sort of idol, or held as sacred."

Height 30.3 cm
Outside Diameter 17 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lawson S. Propst and William Wight, 1917

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