Figure
AF606
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | AF606 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Baluba | Basonge |
Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood |
Iconography | Man |
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. |
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 |
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