Man-Figure with Medicine Bottle

Title

Man-Figure with Medicine Bottle

Description

Heavy variegated wood head and torso, roughly carved and unpolished; long head with broad oval eyes, wide nose and fleshy lips; medicine bottle on thick cord carved in relief around neck; arms are close to the body with the proper left arm crossing the chest and holds a horn image; eyes are realistically carved.

Date

08251998

Type

Wood

Identifier

1998.12

Coverage

Africa

Original Format

17in x 11in

Files

DSC00523.JPG

Tags

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Citation

“Man-Figure with Medicine Bottle,” Black Cultural Center Virtual Museum, accessed April 28, 2024, https://purduebcc.omeka.net/items/show/181.