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AF611

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number AF611
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Basonge | Baluba
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Skin | Wood
Technique Carved
Iconography Human
Description

Standing wooden anthropomorphic male figure; defined jaw line; prominent brow; oval shaped eyes with a horizontal slit through the center; triangular shaped nose with defined nostrils; protruding closed mouth; hair line begins towards the back of the head, front incised with vertical lines, hole in the top center of head (type of fiber is found in hole); cylindrical neck; arms form an L shape with hands placed on a protruding stomach; a strip of animal hide is wrapped loosely around shoulders; opened space between arms and body of figure; legs and feet in standing position; knees slightly bent; figure stands on rounded base; object is light brown in color. Used as charm.

Height 16.4 cm
Length 8.7 cm
Width 3 cm
Outside Diameter 4.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 14 - Field No SF

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