Fetish
AF659
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF659 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bahuana |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Cephalomorphic wooden peg fetish; front of face has deteoriated; four vertical grooves carved on the top of the head, representing hair; long neck; bulging protrusion in center of body of peg, tapering towards the base; hole through side of head. Probably used as doll. |
| Length | 18.5 cm |
| Width | 3.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 152 - Other Number |
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