Sculpture
AF5172
Location: On Display in the Africa Galleries
From: Zaire
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF5172 |
| Current Location | Africa Galleries - On Display |
| Culture | Bakongo |
| Provenience | Zaire |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Iron | Glass | Fiber Cord | Raffia |
| Iconography | Man |
| Description | Wooden, eyes inlaid with glass, right arm upraised, hand originally held spear(?). Perineal band and necklet of cloth. Cylindrical cap of a resinous concretion ("medicine"); "medicine" casket (with mirror) on front of body. The whole except face and mirror smeared with camwood pigment; face covered with black coating, probably of same substance as that of cap and casket. Two nails driven inback, apparently as afterthought, as this does not seem to be a "nail fetish". In top of cap is stuck a piece of cane, "gun barrel." |
| Height | 34.5 cm |
| Width | 17 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1924 |
| Other Number | 8 - Field Number |
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