Figure
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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