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| Object |
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| Female figure - Tabwa - DR Congo |
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| Tabwa |
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| DR Congo |
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| Provenance |
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| Private collection - Hamburg, Germany, Carl B.G. Müller, Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Wood |
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| Size |
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| H: 11 cm |
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| Description |
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| A small, finely carved, female figure from the Tabwa in the DR Congo. The holds it's stomach in it's hands on both sides of a prominent navel, possibly indicating fertility. Scarification marks to the shoulders, stomach and to the corners of the eyes. |
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