Sculpture

32-10-13

From: Zimbabwe

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 32-10-13
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Barotse
Provenience Zimbabwe
Section African
Materials Wood
Description

Of wood representing a pig. Eyes inlaid with ivory. Each pair of legs blocked out as a unit, separation made afterwards by breaking out portion between two cuts of a saw (saw mark left on belly). Right hind leg broken off.

Height 8.5 cm
Length 19 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee, 1932

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