Figure
AF605
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF605 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Baluba | Basonge |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Technique | Carved |
| Iconography | Human |
| Description | Wooden anthropomorphic male figure; oblong shaped face; concave face; prominent brow; slanted oval eyes; flattened nose; closed mouth; ears carved on both sides, hole through center; incised hairline begins at center of head, forming a raised crest in center; large hole on top of head; cylindrical neck; arms form L shape with hands placed on the figures protruding belly; space between arms and body; prominent backside; legs in standing position; rouned base; black in color. See AF598 |
| Height | 16.3 cm |
| Width | 4.5 cm |
| Depth | 3 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 55 - Field No SF |
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