Fetish

AF648

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF648
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bapinji
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Wood
Technique Carved
Description

Wooden peg fetish with carved head at top end; body of piece is cylindrical, smooth surface, tapeirng towards base; features of face-oblong shaped slit eyes, triangular shaped nose; half-oval shaped opened mouth; hair is of a rounded crest, in which two orange feathers protrude from the center.

Probably a hunter's amulet. See the similiar object from the Bahuana.

Peg fetish is called a "Mpungo" See AF447.

Length 18 cm
Width 2.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 147 - Other Number

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