Figure
AF649
From: Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF649 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bapinji |
| Provenience | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Iconography | Human |
| Description | Standing wooden anthropomorphic figure; figure leans forward; diamond shaped face; oval shaped eyes; flattened nose; open oval shaped mouth; narrow crest down the center of the head, incised with triangles on both sides; defined ears; short cylindrical neck; rounded shoulders; arms bent with hands on the chest; protruding navel in the center of belly; figure is squatting; knees bent; flat feet; object is light brown in color. babunda style, neighbors of Bapende (W. Fagg. Aug. 1958.) |
| Height | 16.5 cm |
| Width | 4.8 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 99 - Field No SF |
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