Figure
AF603
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | AF603 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Baluba | Basonge |
Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood | Plant Fiber |
Iconography | Anthropomorphic |
Description | Standing wooden anthropomorphic figure, used as a charm; protruding chin; defined jawline; prominent brow; oblong shaped eyes; triangular nose; closed mouth; hairline begins towards the back of the crown, slightly raised; hole in top of the head; small holes on both sides of head; long cylindrical neck, vertical shallow groove carved on the left side; shoulders protrude from the side; arms bent with hands on the side of the belly; thin piece of twisted fiber tied around the upper right arm; space between arms and body of figure; defined chest; straight legs with feet flat on square base; shallow groove runs encircles center of base. (See AF598.) |
Height | 18 cm |
Width | 4.5 cm |
Outside Diameter | 4.6 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
Other Number | 15 - Field No SF | 48C - Other Number | 75 - African Sale Catalogue Number |
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