Pendant, Religious
Ceremonial Artifact
AF921
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | AF921 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Bapinji |
Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District |
Culture Area | Central Africa |
Section | African |
Materials | Ivory |
Description | Ivory, whistle shaped with rounded top and a slight triangular bottom. Possibly rounded top represents a head with two indentations that may represent eyes. Cephalomorphic. Hole through area beneath rounded top. |
Length | 7.3 cm |
Width | 2.7 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
Other Number | 169 - Other Number |
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