Ancestor figure made of wood with copper and shell inlay. Figure is shown seated on a platform with feet together, and hands on ankles. He wears a tall elaborate headdress with rolled side elements represented with rope-like inlaid copper. The same copper is heavily wrapped around each forearm. The chest, nipples, top of head, front of headdress, and edge of platform are inlaid with small circular copper pieces. He has a very narrow and pointed face, with lips and jaw jutting out, and eyes of inlaid cowrie shells.

• Narrative

  Collected by the donor in Kinshasa in 1941.

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• Type of Item figure
• Culture Chokwe
• Material wood, copper metal, cowrie shell, stain
• Measurements height 36.6 cm, width 15.0 cm, depth 14.2 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Roxane Connick Carlisle
• Received from Roxane Connick Carlisle

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• Made in Democratic Republic of the Congo

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• Collection Date during 1952
• Ownership Date before September 17, 2018
• Acquisition Date on September 17, 2018

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• Item Classes carvings & sculpture
• Condition good
• Accession Number 3321/0013