M0018242: Three carved wooden objects: two cups and a headrest

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Photograph of three carved wooden items: a wooden cup carved in the shape of a human head with cicatrization marks on the face. From the Kasai province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R8767/1936). It was transferred to the Fowler Museum, University of California, Los Angeles in 1966; a carved wooden headrest supported on an anthropomorphic figure, from New Guinea. It was purchased at auction by the Museum in 1925 and given accession number A39819. It is now held by the Science Museum (object number A39819); a wooden cup carved in the shape of a female human head created by the Pende in the Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo. It was acquired by the Museum in 1927 and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R1024/1937). It was transferred to the Fowler Museum, University of California, Los Angeles in 1966. Related images: M0018241

M0018242: Three carved wooden objects: two cups and a headrest

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