Fetish
AF678
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | AF678 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Bayaka |
Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood |
Description | Cephlomorphic wooden peg fetish; flattened oblong face; arched eyebrows; slitted oval eyes; triangular shaped nose with nostrils; protruding mouth with faint carving of teeth; top of the head has a protruding vertical crest down the center; hole through back side of head; long neck; the body of piece is cylindrical, tapering towards the base; smooth surface. |
Length | 17.3 cm |
Width | 2.7 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
Other Number | 130 - Other Number |
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