Fetish

AF672

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF672
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bahuana
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Wood
Technique Carved
Description

Cephlomorphic wooden peg fetish; features of face are well worn; horizontal lines ornament the top of the head area, with a horizontal crest in the center; thin neck body of piece is cylindrical, tapering towards the base; roughly carved.

Anthropomorphic.Probably used as doll.

Length 17.8 cm
Width 4 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 123 - Other Number

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