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Title	Ivory head
Date	1954-1989
Material Type	Ivories (sculptures)
Description	Ivory head used in Pende boys' initiation; two holes in each to attach to a string; they were worn as arm decorations; dark ivory head.
Dimensions	Length: 5 cm.
Subject	Masks, Pende Pende (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies Pende (African people) -- Social life and customs Art, Pende Ivory carving -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic Region	Africa Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Congo (Democratic Republic)
Collector	Towles, Joseph A. Turnbull, Colin M.
Collection in Repository	Joseph A. Towles Artifact Collection
Call Number	1989.001.124e
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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