Stopper
AF685
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF685 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bayaka |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Cephalomorphic, double faced stopper; cylindrical; faces in shape of arrow; eyes and nose protrude slightly (half circle shaped); short neck; chest jutting outwards on all sides, below this are seven vertical protruding angles (triangular shaped, possibly representing arms), 7th one has a hole in the center; below this is a second protrusion; stem of stopper tapers towards base; rounded base. With carved top. |
| Length | 11.5 cm |
| Width | 2.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 660-7, 154. - Other Number |
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