Object Number | 29-94-136 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Tanzania |
Locus | Usambara Mountains near Tanga |
Section | African |
Materials | Clay | Wood |
Iconography | Man |
Description | Black clay (do not wash). Hollow. Face polished; otherwise textile surface. Head shaved; eyeballs and nostrils pierced; long pierced ear lobes. Enveloping cape; feet flat; wide armband incised behind right hand which holds large wooden spear; left hand not shown. Foot broken off. Same group of people as 29-94-135. Object is broken into 4 pieces. |
Height | 23 cm |
Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
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