FMNH 175706.nosub[1]
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Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History | 22-4 | Country Africa | Locality Cameroons Hinterland. | People Stock | Name Upright yellowish female wooden image. Top of head cut into deep grooves, bunch of reddish brown feathers inserted. Natural negro hair at pubes. Painted loin cloth. Very pointed breasts at right angles | Collection Field Museum of Natural History Purchase | Notes to body- large prominent umbilicus. Small painted loing cloth. | Width 12.5 cms across feet. | Length | Height 62 cms | Price [LEFT MARGIN] A | 175706 | ENT | Acc. 1608Catalog Number: 175706.nosub[1]Description: figureMaterials: wood, cloth, feather, metal, metal (nails), cloth, human remains; hairAccession Number: [1608] J. Kleykamp (Purchase)Accession Year: 1925City/Town: HinterlandCollector/Source: Jan KleykampEMu IRN: 1079158GUID: 89fb3334-b6a5-43a2-9988-d5c8e46fac81
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