Stopper
AF683
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF683 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bayaka |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Anthropomorphic stopper; cylindrical; two triangular cuts in the side of the head represent the eyes; both nose and mouth are not evident; crown of head froms into a vertical crest; long neck with seven rings carved around it; slanted protruding shoulders, below this are two more rings carved forming disc like shape; body of stopper is smooth, tapering towards base; thin piece of plant fiber wrapped around base of neck. |
| Height | 24.5 cm |
| Width | 1.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 198 - Other Number |
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