Figure
AF610
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | AF610 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Baluba | Basonge |
Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood |
Technique | Carved |
Iconography | Human |
Description | Standing wooden anthropomorphic male figure; defined jaw line; long chin with flat end; prominent brow; oval shaped eyes with a horizontal slit through the center; triangular shaped nose with defined nostrils; depression under nose, possible represents the mouth; hair line begins towards the back of the head and is raised; deep hole in the top center of head; cylindrical neck; arms form an L shape with hands placed on the sides of the stomach; prominent chest and backside; opened space between arms and body of figure;legs and feet in standing position; knees slightly bent; figure stands on rounded base (feet carved into base); object is brown in color. See AF598. |
Height | 9 cm |
Width | 2.4 cm |
Outside Diameter | 3 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
Other Number | 19 - Field No SF |
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