Figure
AF633
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF633 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Baluba | Mai |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Iconography | Man |
| Description | Standing wooden anthropomorphic male figure; round face; prominent brow; oval eyes, slit though the center; long triangular shaped nose; open mouth; hairline begins at the center of the crown; hole on top of the head; crescent shaped grooves on both sides of the head, represent ears; cylindrical neck; shoulders protrude from the side; arms bent with hands on the side of the belly; conical shaped knob protrudes from the center of the belly; straight legs with feet flat on round base; figure is dark brown in color. |
| Height | 11.4 cm |
| Width | 3.4 cm |
| Depth | 3.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 3 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 47 - Field No SF |
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