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AF1207

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number AF1207
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Zappo-Zap
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Skin | Wood | Fiber
Technique Carved
Description

Carved, four sided object; rounded part below the center; protrusion from the center of rounded segment, covered with hide, secured by twisted fiber wrapped around the base; hole through top center of object; cylindrical peg-like piece attached to bottom half of object; deeply carved linear decoration.

Height 17.2 cm
Length 59 cm
Width 18.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Charles A. Butler, 1913

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