Figure
97-18-39
From: Zaire
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 97-18-39 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Dengese |
| Provenience | Zaire |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Carved male figure. Abstract head with flatly carved features. Heavy tubular neck. Square box like trunk and shoulders with some naturalistic carving on the stomach and phallus. Knees are bent. Figure is free standing. Traces of white pigment in elbow area. Cylindrical head piece. Zig Zag ornamentation on breast. Ornamentation is also found on wrists ans face. |
| Height | 44.5 cm |
| Width | 11.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Hill II, 1997 |
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