Figure
| Object Number: | AF606 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Baluba Basonge |
| Provenience: | Zaire Kasai District Belgian Congo |
| Section: | African |
| Materials: | Wood |
| Iconography: | Man |
| Height: | 17.2 cm |
| Width: | 4.8 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 4.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number: | 16 - Field No SF |
Description
Standing wooden anthropomorphic male figure; diamond shaped face; prominent brow; faint oval shaped eyes with horizontal slit across the center; triangular shaped nose; closed mouth; ears carved on either side; pointed beard; hair line begins at center of head, forming a knob, hole in center; long neck; arms form an L shape with hands on the side of the body of figure; prominent chest; opened space between arms and body of figure; legs and feet in standing position; knees slightly bent; figure stands on a raised rounded base; object is dark brown in color. See AF598.
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