Ancestor Figure
AF1337
From: Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1337 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bambala |
| Provenience | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Technique | Carved | Incised | Painted |
| Iconography | Human |
| Description | Wood colored red. Seated ancestor figure. Rounded face; oval shaped eyes with small circular indentations in center; squared off nose; open mouth; hair is in the form of a crest, cross hatch pattern incised on both sides; short, cylindrical neck; rounded upper back, shoulders are forward; left arm is in the form of an L, attached to it is a L shaped piece (possibly part of right arm); bulging belly; knees bent; feet flat on surface; roughly carved. |
| Height | 28.8 cm |
| Width | 11.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 109 - Field No SF |
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