Figure
AF608
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF608 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Basonge | Baluba |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Technique | Carved |
| Iconography | Man |
| Description | Standing wooden anthropomorphic male figure; protruding chin; defined jawline; prominent brow; large round eyes; defined eyelids, rectangular nose, open mouth,hairline begins at the center of the crown, slightly raised; hole in top of the head; cylindrical neck, vertical shallow groove carved on the right side; crescent shaped carvings on both sides of the head; shoulders protrude from the side; arms bent with hands on the side of the belly; defined chest and backside;a hole found between the legs and another one found between the feet; straight legs with feet flat on round base. See AF598. |
| Height | 15.5 cm |
| Width | 4.3 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 4.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 33 - Field No SF | 09 - Cast Number |
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