Fetish
AF675
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF675 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bahuana |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Cephlomorphic wooden peg fetish; head is small and has a diamond like shape; features of face are well worn-oval shaped eyes, triangular shaped nose, and a small oval shaped mouth; protruding crest shape found on top of the head; long neck; body of piece is cylindrical, tapering towards the base Anthropomorphic. Probably used as doll. |
| Length | 20.5 cm |
| Width | 2.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 142 - Other Number |
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