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Title	Carved wooden figure
Date	circa 1965-1966
Material Type	Wood carvings
Description	Wooden figure with tether headdress of wire and a shield, made for tourists, origin Uganda.
Condition	Something missing from right hand, shield broken off from left hand.
Dimensions	Length: 20.5 cm.
Subject	Carving (Decorative arts) -- Africa, Sub-Saharan Art objects -- Africa, East
Geographic Region	Africa Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, East Uganda
Collector	Towles, Joseph A. Turnbull, Colin M.
Collection in Repository	Joseph A. Towles Artifact Collection
Call Number	1989.001.042
Holding Institution	Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston
Digital Collection	Avery Research Center Artifact Collection
Rights	Digital image copyright 2009, The College of Charleston Libraries. All rights reserved. For more information contact The College of Charleston Library, Charleston, SC 29424.
Media Type	Objects

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