Ornament
AF927
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
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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