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editanonymous: Male Figure
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Male Figure |
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| Description |
A standing wooden carving of a male figure holding a club in his right hand and a club and container in his raised left hand. hIs head is decorated with white feathers. The figure is wearing an apron decorated with burnt decoration which also distinguishes the facial features. The figure is represented in burnt wood as dark with decoration in a lighter unburnt wood. |
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| Date | before 1950 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | wood; feather (bird) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Whole: 590 mm x 90 mm x 95 mm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
R4789/1 |
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| Object history |
One of a pair of figures donated to Brighton Museum in 1951, by Mr and Mrs Sneyd. Described in the accession register as: 'Two male figures made by natives of Shatsi, Bechuanaland, 1950' Collections from the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now the Republic of Botswana, are the focus of the 2019 Making African Connections research project. |
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| Source/Photographer | Copyright holder Brighton Museum & Art Gallery. This file has been provided by the Brighton Museum & Art Gallery from its digital collections, as part of the Making African Connections project. It is also made available on the Royal Pavilion & Museums Digital Media Bank. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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