figure
- Museum number
- Af1997,01.4
- Description
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Standing male figure made of wood. Figure stands on integral circular base set into polished wooden block. Figure holds hands flat against stomach with fingers outstretched. Figure has 'D' shaped ears, heart shaped face with crescentic eyes, flaring nostrils and narrow, slightly protruding mouth. Head has all over zigzag incised patterning.
- Production date
- 20thC(late) (?)
- Dimensions
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Height: 6.50 centimetres (base)
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Height: 47 centimetres (figure)
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Width: 11.50 centimetres (base)
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Width: 9 centimetres (figure)
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Depth: 11.50 centimetres (base)
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Depth: 10 centimetres (figure)
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Fair. Insect damage to base. Figure has major vertical splits through stomach; chest and neck; head at left proper.
- Acquisition date
- 1997
- Acquisition notes
- Af1997,01.1 to 4 were given by Anne Christopherson in memory of her late husband John Christopherson. This piece was thought on acquisition to be a Senufo carving.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1997,01.4