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Object Number
971-19-50/11339
Display Title
Wooden carved funerary figure
Descriptions
Object Description
Wooden carved funerary figure. Figure is of recent manufacture--made to commemorate the death of a Konso man-probably with the year of its collection.
Inventory Description
Sculpture, red pigmented male figure, inlay bone eyes and teeth, capped head
Classification
- Sculpture
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Ethiopia
/
Gemma Gofu
Materials
Wood, Pigment, Bone, Organic
Dimensions
Overall: 130.3 x 14.3 x 13.2 cm (51 5/16 x 5 5/8 x 5 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
971-19-50/11339
Provenance
Donor
Robert G. Gardner
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