Object Number | 62-4-1 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Madagascar |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood |
Description | Wood weathered grey. Human figure standing on rectangular base and supporting on its head a flat post on the top of which are two birds; the post bears carved and cutout ornamentation in seven registers- a circle (at the top) and alternately two crescents and a diamond-shaped section enclosing a boxed X. Figure probably held something, now missing; right "hand" is an open ring; the ring which formed the left hand is broken. |
Length | 226.06 cm |
Width | 21.908 cm |
Depth | 13.335 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Peter Marks, 1962 |
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