Charm Figure: standing male, anthropoorphic figure; head, neck, bent knees carved wood; parallel incised scarification marks on face, beard and arms concealed by red clay; fur and featheres behind neck and near penis; on modern wood mount. H = 30.3 cm
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Ba-Teke
Culture or time period:
Teke
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1968
Materials:
Clay, Feather (material), Fur (hair material), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
December 22, 1975
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 30.3 centimeters
Comment:
Native name: ButiIllustrated: Bascom, African art in Cultural Perspective, Plate #97, pp.138-139. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, V-18-10