Pindi (Chief's Figure) of a Limba (Seated Woman with Slit Gong)
Unidentified Pende maker
before 1930
Wood, possibly with camwood powder and palm oil
Overall: 20 × 6 in. (50.8 × 15.2 cm)
Width: 6 in. (15.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Robert A. Levinson
2023.35
Geography
Place Made: Kwilu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Provenance
Alan Brandt, New York, New York (? - 1971); to Robert A. Levinson, New York, New York; bequested to present collection, 2023.
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