Figure
| Object Number: | AF612 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Basonge Baluba |
| Provenience: | Zaire Kasai District Belgian Congo |
| Section: | African |
| Materials: | Wood |
| Iconography: | Man |
| Height: | 12.7 cm |
| Width: | 3.7 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 3.6 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number: | 52 - Field No SF |
Description
Standing, wooden anthropomorphic male figure; defined jawline; prominent brow; oval shaped eyes with horizontal slit across the center; hour glass shape nose with defined nostrils; closed protruding mouth; hole through ears on side of head; hairline begins towards the center of the crown, large round opening in center of head ( Di 1.3cm); long cylindrical neck; prominent shoulder, blades, chest , and backside; arms bent at elbow with hand on stomach area, circular opening in the center; feet in standing position; 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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