Ornament
AF927
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF927 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bahuana |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Bone |
| Description | Ivory, anthropomorphic ornament. Round, diamond shaped head and rectangular body. Crudely carved human face. Pourous back. Worn by the circumcised. A custom taken from their neighbors, the Bapinji. With curdely carved human face. |
| Length | 7.8 cm |
| Width | 3.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 6607-20 | 179 - Other Number |
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