Figure
Object Number: | AF616 |
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Current Location: | Collections Storage |
Culture: | Baluba Basonge |
Provenience: | Zaire Kasai District Belgian Congo |
Section: | African |
Materials: | Wood |
Iconography: | Man |
Height: | 12.7 cm |
Width: | 2.8 cm |
Outside Diameter: | 3.4 cm |
Credit Line: | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
Other Number: | 35 - Field No SF |
Description
Standing, wooden anthropomorphic male figure; defined jawline; prominent brow and closed mouth; triangular shaped nose oval shaped eyes, slit across the center; small arrow shaped nicks on the side of the head that represent ears; hairline begins at the center of crown; front side of hair is of twelve vertical rows; back of hair is plain, smooth surface; cylindrical neck; shoulders protrude from the side; arms bent at the elbow with hands placed on both side of belly, front of belly bulges slightly; open space between arms and body of figure; prominent chest and backside; legs and feet are in standing position; knees slightlty bent; round base; object is dark brown in color.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
African Sculpture from the University Museum (22 Nov 1986 - 08 Feb 1987) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Evocative Images: African Sculpture from the University Museum (Traveling version of "African Sculpture from the University Museum") ( Sep 1988 - Apr 1990) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
[Catalogue] Wardwell, Allen. 1986. African Sculpture from the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania.. Philadelphia Museum of Art. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 124 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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