Fetish
AF677
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF677 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bayaka |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Cephlomorphic wooden peg fetish; flattened oblong face with small oval eyes, triangular nose, and small oval mouth; long vertical crest protrudes from top of head; piece of twisted plant fiber is tied around the neck; body of piece is cylindrical, tapering towards the base; smooth surface; flat base Anthromorphic. Probably used as doll. |
| Length | 21.3 cm |
| Width | 3.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 196 - Other Number |
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