| Object Number |
AF5116 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Culture |
Bushongo |
| Provenience |
Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section |
African |
| Materials |
Wood |
| Iconography |
Human Head |
| Description |
Carved anthropomorphic cup in shape of human head, handle of cup at back of neck. Cf. AF1946. |
| Height |
16.8 cm |
| Width |
9 cm |
| Depth |
11 cm |
| Credit Line |
Purchased from Vignier, 1919 |
| Other Number |
022 - Cast Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
| Hall, Henry U. "The African Collections." The University Museum Bulletin 3, no. 6. (1932): 145-171. See: p. 156-157, pl. V |
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| Hall, Henry U. "Notes on Some Congo and West African Woodcarvings." The Museum Journal 14, no. 2. (1923): 101-134. See: pp.111-112, fig. 21 |
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| Curnow, Kathy. At Home In Africa: Design, Beauty and Pleasing Irregularity in Domestic Settings. Cleveland: Cleveland State University, The Galleries, 2014. See: p. 250, fig. 15-9 |
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| Reproductions. The University Museum, 1965. See: p. 23 |
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