Fetish
AF672
From: Democratic Republic of the Congo | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF672 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bahuana |
| Provenience | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Belgian Congo | Kasai District |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Cephlomorphic wooden peg fetish; features of face are well worn; horizontal lines ornament the top of the head area, with a horizontal crest in the center; thin neck body of piece is cylindrical, tapering towards the base; roughly carved. Anthropomorphic.Probably used as doll. |
| Length | 17.8 cm |
| Width | 4 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 123 - Other Number |
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