Fetish
AF674
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
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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