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Montol peoples, Baltip village, Nigeria
Female Figure
1950
Wood, pigment
H. 15 in. (38.1 cm)
Raymond and Laura Wielgus Collection
Indiana University Art Museum, 100.10.5.79


Owned by a member of the Komtin Society, a men's association concerned with curing and herbalism, this figure was used in determining the causes of illnesses.