Ornament

AF927

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF927
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bahuana
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Bone
Description

Ivory, anthropomorphic ornament. Round, diamond shaped head and rectangular body. Crudely carved human face. Pourous back.

Worn by the circumcised. A custom taken from their neighbors, the Bapinji. With curdely carved human face.

Length 7.8 cm
Width 3.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 6607-20 | 179 - Other Number

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