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AF633

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF633
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Baluba | Mai
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Wood
Iconography Man
Description

Standing wooden anthropomorphic male figure; round face; prominent brow; oval eyes, slit though the center; long triangular shaped nose; open mouth; hairline begins at the center of the crown; hole on top of the head; crescent shaped grooves on both sides of the head, represent ears; cylindrical neck; shoulders protrude from the side; arms bent with hands on the side of the belly; conical shaped knob protrudes from the center of the belly; straight legs with feet flat on round base; figure is dark brown in color.

Height 11.4 cm
Width 3.4 cm
Depth 3.5 cm
Outside Diameter 3 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 47 - Field No SF

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