Figure
AF609
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | AF609 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Baluba | Basonge |
Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood |
Technique | Carved |
Iconography | Human |
Description | Standing wooden anthropomorphic male figure; defined jaw line; prominent brow; oval shaped eyes with a horizontal slit through the center; triangular shaped nose with defined nostrils; ears carved out on both sides of head; hair line begins at the center of crown and is in the form of a crest, front side is incised with seventeen vertical rows of tiny raised squares, back of hair design is incised with sixteen vertical lines; deep hole in top center of head; cylindrical neck; arms form an L shape with hands placed on a protruding stomach; hole in center of stomach, containing some type of material; opened space between arms and body of figure; legs and feet in standing position; knees slightly bent; prominanent back side; figure stands on rounded base; object is brown in color. " Stopper" in head. 1955 Stopper not found. |
Height | 13 cm |
Width | 3.3 cm |
Outside Diameter | 4 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
Other Number | 24 - Field No SF |
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