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Power Figure

Yaka, 1900-1932

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Yaka

Power Figure

Yaka, 1900-1932

Physical Qualities Wood, cloth, iron, shells, fiber, encrustation, animal claw, Overall: 28 x 8 x 7.4 cm. (11 x 3 1/8 x 2 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Robert Elkin, Mitchellville, Maryland
Object Number 2002.722
Coiffure arching backwards; no arms; cluster of tiny shells and animal claw adhered with encrustation to chest; cloth wrapped around lower body extending to feet; long iron rod attached with fiber twine to waist, and adorned with a fiber bundle and fiber tassels.

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Yaka

2000–2000

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