Mbwoolo charm figure (yiteke)
Mbwoolo charm figure (yiteke)

On view

East-West Artwalk
Haskell Education Center

Mbwoolo charm figure (yiteke),

20th century, before 1975

Yaka artist
2011-73

Information

Title
Mbwoolo charm figure (yiteke)
Dates

20th century, before 1975

Maker
Yaka artist
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
h. 10.3 cm, diam. 2.2 cm (4 1/16 x 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Perry E. H. Smith, Class of 1957
Object Number
2011-73
Place Made

Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bandundu Province

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

Purchased by Perry E.H. Smith (1936?-2019) in Zaire (present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo) between 1971 and circa 1975; donated to the Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ, 2011.

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