Fetish

AF679

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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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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