Fetish

AF674

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF674
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bahuana
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Wood
Technique Carved
Description

Cephalomorphic wooden peg fetish; diamond shaped face; flattened facial features-rectangular shaped eyes and mouth, square shaped nose; crest carved on top of head; short neck; cylindrical body, tapering towards base.

Anthropomorphic. Probably used as a doll.

Length 12 cm
Width 2.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 660-5, 140 - Other Number

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