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Ornament

Object Number:AF934
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Bambala
Provenience: Zaire
Kasai District
Belgian Congo
Section:African
Materials:Ivory
Length: 7.7 cm
Width: 3.7 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number:6607-24 | 192 - Other Number

Description

Ivory, anthropomorphic ornament; oblong shaped head, square shaped body; two hooked shaped feet protrude on either side of base; features evident; vertical depression in back center of piece. Worn by the circumsized.

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