Fetish

AF676

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF676
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bapende
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Wood
Description

Cephalomorphic wooden peg fetish; diamond shaped face; prominent brow; T-shaped nose; closed mouth, slightly protruding closed mouth; vertical crest down center of head; narrow neck; shoulders protruding from upper torso; body tapers towards base; a hole vertically through object. See AF447.

Length 21.5 cm
Width 2.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 146 - Other Number

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