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