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Title	Carved wooden figure
Date	circa 1951-1971
Material Type	Wood carvings
Description	Wooden figure of a leopard man standing over an initiate of the nkumbi circumcision ritual; larger figure has spotted covering, slits for eyes and openings for arms, textured knee-length pants; origin Ituri forest, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).
Condition	Arms broken.
Dimensions	Height: 53 cm.
Subject	Initiation rites -- Congo (Democratic Republic) Art objects -- Congo (Democratic Republic) Wood-carving -- 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	1989.001.048i
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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