Fetish
AF648
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF648 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bapinji |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Wooden peg fetish with carved head at top end; body of piece is cylindrical, smooth surface, tapeirng towards base; features of face-oblong shaped slit eyes, triangular shaped nose; half-oval shaped opened mouth; hair is of a rounded crest, in which two orange feathers protrude from the center. Probably a hunter's amulet. See the similiar object from the Bahuana. Peg fetish is called a "Mpungo" See AF447. |
| Length | 18 cm |
| Width | 2.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 147 - Other Number |
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