Title:
Female Fetish Figure
Object Name:
Figure, Fetish
Other Name:
Figure, Fetish, Female, Standing
Place of Origin:
Lula, Republic of the Congo, Africa
Provenance:
Aboriginal Indigenous Art.
H = 13"
W = 3"
D = 3"
The Lula carved small apotropaic figures and prestige objects. They are thought to be worn by the guardian of the initiation camps.
Bacquart, P. 185
H = 13"
W = 3"
D = 3"
The Lula carved small apotropaic figures and prestige objects. They are thought to be worn by the guardian of the initiation camps.
Bacquart, P. 185
Description:
Elongated brown female fetish figure with darkened, sunken cheeks, scarification under slit coffeebean eyes, in deepset orbits. Crescent—shaped ears with holes in lobes, slit mouth, knobbed chin, thick neck. Narrow sloping shoulders, small round breasts protruding above twisted yellow ocher cloth at bottom.
Collection:
Finley Collection
Material:
Wood W/Cloth and String
Used:
Ritually Used
Technique:
Carving
Owned:
Art Department, Missouri Southern State University
Accession#:
2014.1.67
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