| Object Number | 29-59-64 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Ambundu |
| Provenience | Angola |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Brass |
| Description | Wood. Human. 3 brass-headed nails crosswise above each eye. 7 holes for medicine; one in top of head, one in each shoulder, 3 vertically between breasts (the middle one of these having a long metal nail extending from it) and one between legs into which a small horn containing medicine is thrust. "A similar image is made among the Mosongo which is able to talk -- the natives are skilled ventriloquists." |
| Height | 14.5 cm |
| Width | 6 cm |
| Depth | 7.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Henry C. Mercer, 1927 |
| Other Number | Mercer 19540 - Old Museum Number | 85 - Field No SF |
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