Figure
AF634
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | AF634 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Baluba |
Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood |
Iconography | Man |
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. |
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 |
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