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AF639

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF639
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Baluba | Basanga
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Wood
Iconography Woman
Description

Wooden anthropomorphic female figure; dished face; oval shaped shaped eyes, with slits across the center; triangular shaped nose; faint closed mouth; two protruding knobs represent ears on either side of the head; top of head is flat with nine vertical grooves that represent the hair; flattened neck with three horizontal lines carved in the back; block like shoulders; arms at side; hands pointing down; defined fingers; protruding chest; straight legs with three horizontal lines across both thighs; feet point downward, with defined toes; front of object is dark brown in color, back is of a lighter shade of brown.

Length 12.4 cm
Width 3.3 cm
Outside Diameter 1.2 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 108 - Field No SF

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