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Title	Carved wooden figure
Date	circa 1951-1971
Material Type	Wood carvings
Description	Wooden male fetish figure, hands joined together under chin, helmet-like head covering, rectangular box cut into center; origin Epulu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).
Dimensions	Height: 37 cm.
Subject	Ceremonial Objects -- Africa, Central Art objects -- Congo (Democratic Republic) Wood-carving -- Congo (Democratic Republic) Fetishes (Ceremonial objects) -- Congo (Democratic Republic) Mbuti (African people)
Geographic Region	Africa Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Congo (Democratic Republic) Ituri Forest (Congo)
Collector	Towles, Joseph A. Turnbull, Colin M.
Collection in Repository	Joseph A. Towles Artifact Collection
Call Number	1989.001.048d
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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