Fetish

AF741

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF741
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Baluba
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Wood
Description

Cephalomorphic Mpungu (peg fetish); diamond shaped face-rounded chin, slitted oval shaped eyes, triangular shaped nose with two pointed nostrils; top end of head forms a triangular crest; hole through side of head (pieces of plant fiber are apparent); short neck; body of piece is cylindrical with a smooth surface; flat round base; hole in both the center of the crest and base.

Length 17.3 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 126 - Field No SF

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