Fetish
AF676
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF676 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bapende |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Cephalomorphic wooden peg fetish; diamond shaped face; prominent brow; T-shaped nose; closed mouth, slightly protruding closed mouth; vertical crest down center of head; narrow neck; shoulders protruding from upper torso; body tapers towards base; a hole vertically through object. See AF447. |
| Length | 21.5 cm |
| Width | 2.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 146 - Other Number |
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