terminal;
staff
- Museum number
- Am1955,06.7
- Description
-
Anthropomorphic male figure made in copper or copper-rich tumbaga by lost-wax casting. The figure is a fragment of a staff-terminal in which the socket is missing; he wears a broad-brimmed hat, crescentic ear ornaments, necklace and a belt.
- Production date
- 1000-1600
- Dimensions
-
Height: 5.80 centimetres
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Width: 2.10 centimetres
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Depth: 2.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register 1955:
Copper or bronze male figurine wearing wide brimmed hat and nose ornament.
Register addition "Colombia; Sinu Valley?".
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
-
Exhibited:
1996, London, Museum of Mankind (Room 1), 'Gilded Image'
- Acquisition date
- 1955
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1955,06.7
