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AF608

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF608
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Basonge | Baluba
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Wood
Technique Carved
Iconography Man
Description

Standing wooden anthropomorphic male figure; protruding chin; defined jawline; prominent brow; large round eyes; defined eyelids, rectangular nose, open mouth,hairline begins at the center of the crown, slightly raised; hole in top of the head; cylindrical neck, vertical shallow groove carved on the right side; crescent shaped carvings on both sides of the head; shoulders protrude from the side; arms bent with hands on the side of the belly; defined chest and backside;a hole found between the legs and another one found between the feet; straight legs with feet flat on round base. See AF598.

Height 15.5 cm
Width 4.3 cm
Outside Diameter 4.8 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 33 - Field No SF | 09 - Cast Number

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