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English: Divination Objects (?)   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
English: Divination Objects (?)
Description
English: Two dark hard wood sticks with human heads carved on top. A has a strip of metal (inlaid copper) for eyes and pierced ears. Both have holes in top of heads. Holes for attachment of some sort on bottom end. Both sticks have shiny patina. CONDITION: A has been cracked and repaired. B good but one ear broken and crack under part of head.
Date
English: late 19th or early 20th century
Dimensions a: 12 x 1 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (30.5 x 3.8 x 4.4 cm) b: 10 1/2 x 2 1/4 x 2 in. (26.7 x 5.7 x 5.1 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q632682
Current location
Arts of Africa collection
Accession number
22.1294a-b
Credit line Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund
Notes
  • Culture: Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Place made: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Source/Photographer Online Collection of Brooklyn Museum; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 22.1294a-b_bw.jpg
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