Figure
AF1330
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Democratic Republic of the Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1330 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Baluba | Warua | Barua |
| Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Plant Fiber |
| Iconography | Woman |
| Description | Female wooden figure; vertical oblong shaped head; oval shaped eyes with slit across center; cone shaped nose; closed mouth; incised hair line; ears protrude slightly from side; ringed, cylindrical neck; hands to side of chest; ornamentally incised around abdomen; twisted fiber tied loosley around waist; knees slightly bent. Of soft wood. |
| Height | 35 cm |
| Width | 17 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 3 - Other Number |
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