Figure
Object Number: | AF634 |
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Current Location: | Collections Storage |
Culture: | Baluba |
Provenience: | Zaire Kasai District Belgian Congo |
Section: | African |
Materials: | Wood |
Iconography: | Man |
Height: | 16.4 cm |
Width: | 4.1 cm |
Outside Diameter: | 5 cm |
Credit Line: | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
Other Number: | 43 - Field No SF 81 - African Sale Catalogue Number |
Description
Standing wooden anthropomorphic male figure; protruding chin; large round head; prominent brow; protruding chin; long narrow slanted slits represent the eyes; arched eyebrows; closed mouth; hairline begins at the center of the crown; hole in top of the head; hole through side of head; ridged cylindrical neck; both shoulders and arms are missing; hands on either sidy of protruding belly (right hand is more defined then the left one); faint navel; legs slightly bent; feet are not defined; thin piece of twisted plant fiber is wrapped once around the right ankle; square shaped base; object is dark brown in color.
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