Sculpture
17037
From: Maritime Congo | Western Zaire
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | 17037 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Bakongo |
Provenience | Maritime Congo | Western Zaire |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood | Pigment |
Iconography | Male |
Description | In posture of head, mode of representing features in flattened relief, ears, this figure belongs to a well-defined Lower Congo type; cf. especially the memorial figures AF3675, AF3676. The costume is European, black, "clerical" (coat and trousers); on the head is a skul-cap with a tassel. The wood of these parts of the figure is painted black, as are the eyebrows and point of the chin (chin-tuft). Parts not covered by clothing left natural color or painted white. |
Height | 55 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Robert H. Lamborn, 1893 |
Other Number | 55 - Collector Number |
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