Sculpture
AF1335
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1335 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Baluba | Basonge | Zappo-Zap |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Fiber | Wood | Brass |
| Iconography | Man |
| Description | Standing anthropomorphic wooden charm; protruding facial features; opened mouth; conical shaped protrusion from top of head; hole through each ear; shoulders protrude back with arms in an L-formation with handls on lower back; bulging belly; bottom half of figure is wrapped in some type of loin cloth made of rough plant fiber material; also twisted fiber wrapped around figure; square shaped base. |
| Height | 20 cm |
| Width | 6 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 11 - Other Number |
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