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AF613

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number AF613
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Basonge | Baluba
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Wood
Technique Carved
Iconography Human
Description

Standing, wooden anthropomorphic male figure; defined jawline; prominent brow and nose; crescent shaped eye ; closed mouth; defined ears, hole in left one; hairline begins towards the center of the crown, large round opening in center of head ( Di 1.3cm); short cylindrical neck; prominent shoulder, backside; arms bent at elbow with hand on stomach area, protruding knob with flat top in the center; circular opening in the center; piece of braided plant fiber tied around right arm; space between arms and body of figure; feet in standing position; round base; object is dark brown in color.

Height 10.1 cm
Width 3.7 cm
Outside Diameter 3.8 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 42 - Field No SF

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