Fetish

81-11-36

From: East Africa

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 81-11-36
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience East Africa
Section African
Materials Hair | Leather
Description

In the shape of a bird's foot. Elephant hair, skin, and cordage held together by mud. The base of the foot has a perforation, possibly for a stick. Several white glass beads are on an elephant hair which is no longer attached to the fetish.

Length 21 cm
Width 9 cm
Credit Line Received from various sources, pre-1981

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