figure
- Museum number
- Af1938,1020.12
- Description
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Figure (man with horn) made of brass.
- Dimensions
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Height: 8 centimetres
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Width: 3 centimetres
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Depth: 5.50 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:
2. which is included in 'Les accuses au tribunal'. Following references to trial by poison it is noted 'Quant aux accuses, coupables ou criminels, le poison de preuve reste dans son ventre, c'est a dire il ne vomit pas. Alors No. 2 lui tranche la tete.'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1938
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1938,1020.12