Fetish

AF740

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF740
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bambala
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Wood
Technique Carved
Description

Cephalomorphic, cylindrical shaped charm (possibly a peg fetish); crude face carved at top end with a conical shaped crown; faint protrusion of eyes; hole through side of head, a second hole is found on top center of the head and third one found in the center of the base; thick neck; body is plain and tapers towards base; object is light brown in color.

Length 8.3 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 195 - Other Number

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