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Yaka

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Yaka, 1900-1932

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Yaka

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Yaka, 1900-1932

Physical Qualities Wood, cloth, fiber, pitch, Overall: 27.7 x 6 x 6.5 cm. (10 7/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Robert Elkin, Mitchellville, Maryland
Object Number 2002.723
Coiffure of saggital crests; arms held to body in a continuous 'W' shape; patch of pitch in shallow cavity in belly; cloth wrapped around waist extending to feet.

Culture

Yaka

2000–2000

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