Fetish
AF642
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF642 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bushongo | Bangendi |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Cephalomorphic wooden peg fetish; features of face are oval shaped eyes and mouth with a pointed chin; knob protrudes from center of head; neck; four slanted inward grooves, two on either side of body forming two V formations; body of piece is cylindrical, tapering to a point. |
| Length | 21 cm |
| Width | 2.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 111 - Field No SF |
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