Fetish
AF679
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF679 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bayaka |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Cephlomorphic wooden peg fetish; features of face are roughly carved-two protruding oval eyes with a small pointed shaped piece in the center (representing the nose), below this rectangular shaped mouth; top end of peg is conical in shape; body of piece is cylindrical, tapering towards the base; hole in both center of top end and base. Anthropomorphic |
| Length | 26.5 cm |
| Width | 2.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 149 - Other Number |
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