Fetish
AF681
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF681 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bena Luba | Baluba | Lulua |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Technique | Carved |
| Iconography | Human | Female |
| Description | Anthropomorphic female figure; cylindrical; arched eyebrows; protruding eyes, nose, and mouth; carved hairline forms a point in center of the forehead; arms in L formtion at sides, hands resting on protruding torso; narrow waist; body of object widens toward base; bottom of base is flat; object is light brown in color. |
| Length | 12.2 cm |
| Width | 2.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 104 - Other Number |
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