Fetish
AF666
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF666 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bahuana |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Cephlomorhic wooden peg fetish; body of peg is cylindrical, smooth surface; features of face-elongated slit eyes and a faint outline of a mouth are apparent, cross hatch pattern on either side of the top of the head with a vertical crest down the center; hole is found on both sides of head; second hole found on upper left side of body; long neck. Anthropomorphic. Probably used as charm. |
| Length | 21 cm |
| Width | 4 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 151 - Other Number |
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