Fetish
AF679
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | AF679 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Bayaka |
Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood |
Technique | Carved |
Description | Cephlomorphic wooden peg fetish; features of face are roughly carved-two protruding oval eyes with a small pointed shaped piece in the center (representing the nose), below this rectangular shaped mouth; top end of peg is conical in shape; body of piece is cylindrical, tapering towards the base; hole in both center of top end and base. Anthropomorphic |
Length | 26.5 cm |
Width | 2.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
Other Number | 149 - Other Number |
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