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AF649

From: Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF649
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bapinji
Provenience Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Wood
Iconography Human
Description

Standing wooden anthropomorphic figure; figure leans forward; diamond shaped face; oval shaped eyes; flattened nose; open oval shaped mouth; narrow crest down the center of the head, incised with triangles on both sides; defined ears; short cylindrical neck; rounded shoulders; arms bent with hands on the chest; protruding navel in the center of belly; figure is squatting; knees bent; flat feet; object is light brown in color. babunda style, neighbors of Bapende (W. Fagg. Aug. 1958.)

Height 16.5 cm
Width 4.8 cm
Outside Diameter 5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 99 - Field No SF

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