Kongo
Figurated Ritual Pestle
1899
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Kongo
Figurated Ritual Pestle
1899
Physical Qualities
Wood, 13 x 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (33 x 8.9 x 6.4 cm.)
Credit Line
David and Gayle Ackley, Baltimore
Object Number
2016.239
Ritual pestle for the investiture ceremony for a ruler; with donor base. Metal rod from base inserts into bottom of pestle.
Promised gift, David and Gayle Ackley, Baltimore, by purchase; Johnny Sillah (dealer); Zonia Krassner, 1938; Chief Baya Yakoma, Kolwezi, Belgian Congo
