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Amulet

AF644

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number AF644
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bushongo
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Wood | Plant Fiber
Description

Magic working image; carried as an amulet; wooden anthropomorphic kneeling figure; flattened face; prominent brow; defined jawline; bulging, narrow oval shaped shaped eyes; triangular shaped nose; closed mouth; crown of head arches back; hole in the top center of crown; shoulders protrude from the side; arms bending at the elbows, hands resting on lap; center of belly protrudes outward; round base; piece of braided plant fiber is wrapped twice around the neck of the object, knotted in the back, forming a large loop; object is dark brown in color; plant fiber is a lighter shade of brown.

Height 10.7 cm
Width 3.9 cm
Outside Diameter 3.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 54 - Field No SF

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