Fetish
AF670
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF670 |
| 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; front of head is diamond shape; slanted oval shaped slits represent eyes; two horizontal grooves represent the mouth; two rows of cross hatch pattern ornament the forehead area; the headpiece tapers in the center with cross hatch pattern on either side; 2cm below chin is carved a ring of slanted lines which encircle the object. Anthropomorphic. Probably used as a doll. |
| Length | 17.5 cm |
| Width | 4 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 137 - Other Number |
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