Mbwoolo charm figure (yiteke): Sir Serpent (Nga Mantedi)
Mbwoolo charm figure (yiteke): Sir Serpent (Nga Mantedi)

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Mbwoolo charm figure (yiteke): Sir Serpent (Nga Mantedi),

20th century, before 1975

Yaka artist
y1990-94

Information

Title
Mbwoolo charm figure (yiteke): Sir Serpent (Nga Mantedi)
Dates

20th century, before 1975

Maker
Yaka artist
Medium
Wood and cotton
Dimensions
h. 13.7 cm., w. 3.2 cm., d. 3.9 cm. (5 3/8 x 1 1/4 x 1 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Perry E. H. Smith, Class of 1957
Object Number
y1990-94
Place Made

Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bandundu Province

Culture
African, Yaka
Type
statues, sculpture
Materials
wood, cotton (fiber)
Techniques
carving
Subject
figures (representations), serpents

purchased by Perry E.H. Smith in Zaire (present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo) between 1971 and circa 1975; Princeton University Art Museum, 1990

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