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Kusu

Male Figure

Kusu, 1867-1899

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Kusu

Male Figure

Kusu, 1867-1899

Physical Qualities Wood, cowrie shells, beads, hide, reed, oil saturation, 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Robert Elkin, Mitchellville, Maryland
Object Number 1994.260
Male figure with a bundle on the head and the belly, with a string of blue beads around the neck.
ExColl: Marc L. Felix
Felix, Marc L., '100 Peoples of Zaire'
Fuhrmann, Ernst, 'Afika', 1992, p. 49.

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Kusu

2000–2000

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