MSSU African Art Exibit : The MSSU African Art collection features a variety of authentic works of art from various tribes located throughout Central Africa. The objects in the collection range from mundane day to day grooming tools to ritualistic masks and statues.
Title:
Wongo, Standing Woman Mortar
Object Name:
Cup, Mortar, Standing Woman
Other Name:
Steatopygic Woman, Wood
Place of Origin:
Wongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
Provenance:
Aboriginal Indigenous Art.
H = 8—3/4"
W = 3—1/2"
D = 4"

Description:
Wooden, Wongo, steatopygic woman, mortar. Mortar in the form of a standing woman, holding hands in front.
Collection:
Institute of International Studies Collection
Material:
Wood
Used:
Ritually Used
Technique:
Carving
Owned:
Art Department, Missouri Southern State University
Accession#:
2015.5.5
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