Sculpture
AF660
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF660 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bahuana |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Cephlomorhic wooden peg fetish; body of peg is cylindrical, smooth surface; tapering at base; features of face are well worn, only visible part are the eyes which are narrow and oblong in shape; heads forms into a narrow crest at the top with cross hatch pattern on both sides; hole through side of head. Probably used as a doll. |
| Length | 20.4 cm |
| Width | 4 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 150 - Other Number |
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