Fetish
AF740
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF740 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bambala |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Cephalomorphic, cylindrical shaped charm (possibly a peg fetish); crude face carved at top end with a conical shaped crown; faint protrusion of eyes; hole through side of head, a second hole is found on top center of the head and third one found in the center of the base; thick neck; body is plain and tapers towards base; object is light brown in color. |
| Length | 8.3 cm |
| Width | 2 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 195 - Other Number |
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