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AF621

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number AF621
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bena Lulua
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Wood
Technique Carved
Iconography Human
Description

Standing wooden anthropomorphic female figure; long oval shaped face; prominent brow; diamond shaped eyes; triangular nose; pursed closed mouth; hairline carved hair on head is of thirteen rowns of tiny raised squares, two squared off knobs protrude from the back of the head; conical shaped knob on the top center of the head; eight rings carved around cylindrical neck; defined ears; shoulders protrude from the side, pointing towards the back; arms bent with hands on the side of the belly; a ring is carved around each upper arm; the left band lies flat, while the right side hand is holding a container of some sort; figure is wearing a type of loin cloth, incised with six veritcal lines; straight legs with feet flat; carved rings around each thigh and ankle; figure is fastened to a black round base; object is light brown in color. See AF620.

Height 22.8 cm
Width 5 cm
Outside Diameter 5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 86 - Field No SF

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