Fetish
AF741
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF741 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Baluba |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Cephalomorphic Mpungu (peg fetish); diamond shaped face-rounded chin, slitted oval shaped eyes, triangular shaped nose with two pointed nostrils; top end of head forms a triangular crest; hole through side of head (pieces of plant fiber are apparent); short neck; body of piece is cylindrical with a smooth surface; flat round base; hole in both the center of the crest and base. |
| Length | 17.3 cm |
| Width | 2 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 126 - Field No SF |
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