Effigy Vessel
AF4683
From: Northeastern Zaire
Curatorial Section: African
| 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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