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Funerary Equestrian Figure (ntadi or bitumba)
Unidentifiedn.d.
New Orleans Museum of Art
New Orleans, United States
Male figure with cone-shaped helmet astride an elongated horse-like figure. The figure has almond-shaped eyes, extended "C"-shaped ears on an oval face with a slit mouth and slightly protruding lips. The "horse" wears a collar or harness, has an incised mouth and a deep hole in the bridge of his nose.
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Details
- Title: Funerary Equestrian Figure (ntadi or bitumba)
- Creator: Unidentified
- Date Created: n.d.
- Location Created: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Boma Peoples
- Credit Line: Museum purchase, George S. Frierson, Jr. Fund
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