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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 11170678, member: 8267&quot;]Welcome, [USER=95913]@cter[/USER].</p><p><br /></p><p>From your photograph, it looks like the object is in a museum&#039;s collection - is that correct? It would be helpful if you could tell us what you may already know about it, or what the museum&#039;s records say about its possible origin. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is difficult to say much based only on one photograph. However, from what I can see of the structure and materials, I would guess the figure comes from East Africa, possibly Tanzania. There are somewhat similar gourd figures with articulated wooden arms that are attributed to the Nyamwezi, Sukuma, and Kwere people of Tanzania. The objects are usually described as medicine containers or divination objects. Unfortunately, objects from that region of Africa are not well known or studied.</p><p><br /></p><p>Questions about repatriation of such an object will depend on its correct identification, and the laws and ethical guidelines applicable wherever the object is held.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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