A finely carved wooden sculpture, most likely of a Mangbetu Tobacco container. This is a solid wood statue and does not open. The sculpture features an ancestor head with an elongated skull , that the Mangbetu are famous for. Perhaps an early curio sold to travelers, the piece has age but is not likely a traditional object as the Mangbetu did not carve such anthropomorphic objects until they established a tourist trade in the early 20th century. Mangbetu peoples, Congo, Africa. The figure measures 10.5 inches tall.

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