sculpture
- Museum number
- Af2005,01.1.a-c
- Title
- Object: Tree of Life
- Description
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A large sculpture in the form of a tree in three sections: roots (a); openwork trunk (b) and spreading branches (c). Made out of decommissioned firearms, cut up and welded together.
- Production date
- 2004
- Dimensions
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Height: 365 centimetres
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Width: 225 centimetres
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Depth: 305 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- The Tree of Life and its associated sculptures were made by Kester, Fiel dos Santos, Adelino Mate and Hilario Nhatugueja as part of a commission made by the British Museum.
- Location
- On display (G25/od)
- Acquisition date
- 2005
- Acquisition notes
- Af2005,01.1 to 10 are the ten different elements of the 'Tree of Life'. The sculpture was commissioned by the British Museum from the Transforming Arms into Tools (TAE) project in Mozambique in 2004.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af2005,01.1.a-c
