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AF35
From: Boma District | Maritime Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF35 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mayombe | Kongo | Yombe |
| Provenience | Boma District | Maritime Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Fiber | Shell | Wood |
| Iconography | Cicatrisation |
| Description | Called Makuala and Matundu, representing spirits of the sacred rainbows of the Nkimba secret society. Two figures, each holding a rod or staff across shoulders, seated on square pedestal with long pointed handle; fringe of nuts or fruit shells fastened below pedestal. |
| Length | 55 cm |
| Width | 15.5 cm |
| Depth | 13 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from W. H. Leslie, 1905 |
| Other Number | 139077 - Other Number |
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