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AF650

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF650
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bapinji
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Wood
Iconography Man
Description

Wooden anthropomorphic male figure; rounded facial features; defined jawline; prominent brow; large oval shaped eyes; triangular shaped nose; pursed opened mouth; protruding ears; faint hairline; vertical crest on top of crown, continuing down the back of head; hole in the center of cres; thick neck; shoulders protrude from side; thin arms bent at the elbow; hands facing outward, resting on top of thigh; open space bewteen arms and body of figure; center of belly bulges; defined belly button; legs are slightly bent; feet are flat; object is dark brown in color. Southern Bambala Kwango River ( W. Fagg, Aug 1958)

Height 22.8 cm
Width 6.3 cm
Outside Diameter 6.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 101 - Other Number

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