Fetish
AF672
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
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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