FMNH 175736.nosub[1]

  • 175736 wood figure
    Photographer: Ron Testa : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Standing shell eyed carved wood, metal female goddess figure, Ala
  • 175736 wood figure
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Standing shell eyed carved wood female goddess figure, Ala
  • 175736 wood figure
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Standing shell eyed carved wood female goddess figure, Ala
  • 175736 wood figure
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Standing shell eyed carved wood female goddess figure, Ala
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    Scanner: Aidan Hercules : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
    Transcriber: Julia W. Kennedy : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History. | 22-4 | Country Africa | Locality ["Cameroons" crossed out] Gaboon (River?) P.L. 1973 | People Ogowe Stock | Name Tall, slim, red wood, female figure wearing blue frontal aprin. One hand on each hip. Prominent conical breasts painted black at tips. | Collection Field Museum of Natural History Purchase, 1925 | Notes Small metal earring in left ear. Neg. 95909; 96452; 96453; 96454 | Width 18 cms across shoulders | Length | Height 111 cms | Price [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 175736 | Acc. 1608 [BACK] 175736. Label on figure: J.F.G. Umlauff. Museum. Hamburd. Spielbudenplatz No. 4427(?) ____ Afr s
Catalog Number: 175736.nosub[1]
Description: figure
Materials: wood, metal
Accession Number: [1608] J. Kleykamp (Purchase)
Accession Year: 1925
District/County: Ogowe River
Collector/Source: Jan Kleykamp
EMu IRN: 1079194
GUID: 35b951b2-b2d8-486c-a038-bd4ba4aec896

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