figure
- Museum number
- Af1938,1020.10
- Description
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Figure (woman with xylophone) made of brass.
- Dimensions
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Height: 11 centimetres
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Width: 5.50 centimetres
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Depth: 3.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- See Ethdoc 266 - Notes by vendor identifying each figure and placing them during (1) Song: dance with music; (2) The accused before the tribunal; (3) warriors; (4) Lamentation. This is presumably:
28. Une femme tient le jouet a la main (ce jouet est un morceau de nervure de palme creuse, sculpte d'un seul cote. L'on frotte les endroits sculptes avec un bracelet en fer, ca donne le son. (voir No. 14)'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1938
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1938,1020.10