Fetish

AF642

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF642
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bushongo | Bangendi
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Wood
Description

Cephalomorphic wooden peg fetish; features of face are oval shaped eyes and mouth with a pointed chin; knob protrudes from center of head; neck; four slanted inward grooves, two on either side of body forming two V formations; body of piece is cylindrical, tapering to a point.

Length 21 cm
Width 2.3 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 111 - Field No SF

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