Figure
AF639
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
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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