dance-ornament;
dance-head-dress
- Museum number
- Oc1995,06.83
- Description
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Wooden dance head-ornament / head-dress, carved in the round and painted, in form of tall oblong post; one side with low-relief designs painted red and white on black background, with superimposed lizard with yellow spots; other side with painted simple design in white, black and red, and superimposed snake, black with white stripe and white dots; distal end triangular with low-relief painted yellow, white, red and black, proximal end tapering and plain.
- Production date
- 20thC(late)
- Dimensions
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Height: 211 centimetres
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Width: 13.50 centimetres
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Depth: 16.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- See Eth.Doc.948. Field collection commissioned from the vendor, made April to July, 1995.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Good, but some cracks at top and bottom and on front leg of lizard; fugitive paint.
- Acquisition date
- 1995
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1995,06.83