Fetish

AF1370

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF1370
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Baluba
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Wood
Technique Carved
Description

Cephalomorphic wooden peg fetish; protruding facial features-oval eyes, triangular shaped nose and oval opened mouth; top of head is triangular in shape with a crest down the center; body of peg has broken off.

Length 13 cm
Width 3.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 1330 - Other Number

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