Ornament

AF932

From: Democratic Republic of the Congo | Belgian Congo | Kasai District

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF932
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bahuana
Provenience Democratic Republic of the Congo | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Section African
Materials Ivory
Description

Ivory, anthropomorphic ornament. Ornamentation is very faint. Round head, with square like body. Hole through side of neck of object. Worn by the circumcised. Similiar to AF927.

Length 4.5 cm
Width 2.7 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 6607-23 | 186 - Other Number

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