Figure
AF597
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | AF597 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Basonge | Baluba |
Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood |
Technique | Carved |
Iconography | Human |
Description | Standing wooden anthropomorphic male figure; diamond shaped face; protruding forehead; oval shaped eyes; triangular shaped nose; closed mouth; ears carved on either side; hair line begins at center of head forming an arch, incised with cross hatch pattern on front and back of hair has five vertical braided rows; long neck; arms form an L shape with hands placed on a protruding torso; opened space between arms and body of figure; prominent back side; legs with rectangular shaped feet, fixed to round base; object is dark brown in color. |
Height | 18 cm |
Width | 5 cm |
Outside Diameter | 5.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
Other Number | 44 - Other Number |
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