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AF1730

From: Belgian Congo | Sankuru River | Lake Leopold

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF1730
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bankutu
Provenience Belgian Congo | Sankuru River | Lake Leopold
Section African
Materials Fiber | Wood
Description

See AF1726. Balolo type. If the original label refers to the people usually know as Bankutu, their location is as above. There are Bakutu on the upper Juapa. The name of the locality on this label is indecipherable (Ifeuta? Ifrugo?); a second label has what appears to be "Ifula".
Height 8 cm
Length 131 cm
Width 30 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 1131 - Other Number

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