Fetish
AF596
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF596 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Basonge | Baluba |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Anthropomorphic. Wooden peg fetish with a carved head at top end; Features of face-oblong eyes, triangular shaped nose, opened rectangular shaped mouth; hole in center of head (Di-1 cm); body of piece is cylindrical; smooth surface. |
| Height | 11.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 4 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 26 - Other Number |
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