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Female sculpture

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The female figure, carved from light wood and partly painted black, is part of a pair of figures. The figure’s oval open mouth with pointed teeth is striking.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Bafourou
Object type
figures (representations)
Dimensions
Height: 820.0 mm
Material/Technique
Colour pigments, Wood, Carving
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
I/1818
Related object(s)

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1880 - 1898
  • Change of legal title:
    Purchase
    when
    Autumn 1899
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Africa (location/origin)
    Cameroon (location/origin)
    Congo (location/origin)
    who
    Heldt, Johannes Christian Eiler - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED

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