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20th century
20th C.
Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mongo
11 1/2 in. x 3 1/2 in. x 3 3/4 in. (29.21 cm x 8.89 cm x 9.53 cm)

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Artist unknown

Culture/People: Kusu peoples

Medium: Wood, ritual material in cavity in crown, animal hair, woven cotton, traces of k

Credit Line: Gift of Deborah S. Port and Michael A. Heymann

Accession Number: 2006.118

Provenance

field collected in Nyuzu, East Kongolo; Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium, purchase 1984; Deborah S. Port and Michael A. Heymann, Carmel, CA

Bibliography

“Cantor Arts Center Journal” Volume V, Bernard Barryte ed. (Stanford, 2008). Fig. 1, pg. 103, repr.

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