Figure
AF647
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF647 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bapinji |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Iconography | Anthropomorphic |
| Description | Standing wooden anthropomorphic figure; figure leans forward; diamond shaped face; protruding chin; defined jawline; prominent brow; oval shaped eyes; long flattened nose; open mouth; narrow crest down the center of the head, with zigzag design incised on both sides; defined ears; cylindrical neck; rounded shoulders; arms bent with hands on the chest; protruding navel in the center of belly; figure is squatting; knees bent; flat feet; triangular cutouts onside of feet represent toes; object is dark brown in color. See AF447 |
| Height | 21.7 cm |
| Width | 6.7 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 97 - Field No SF | 18 - African Sale Catalogue Number |
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