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1938.35.1450

Wooden foot rest for a stilt, highly polished and carved with conventionalised human figure.

1938.35.1450

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Collection type
Object
Description
Wooden foot rest for a stilt, highly polished and carved with conventionalised human figure.
Long description
Carved with tapering sides terminating in a point. The footrest is decoratively carved with a kneeling human figure with hands resting on stomach. The figure is wearing a sloping headdress, the back of which forms a curved section onto which the foot of the stilt wearer would be placed. The body of the figure and the headdress are decorated with concentric grooves and chevrons. [CW [OPS Move] 31/5/2017]
Person
Field collector Henry Balfour
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1939
Date collected
By 1939
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Metal, Process Carved, Process Polished, Process Stained
Dimensions
Height: max 106 mm, Width: max 382 mm, Length: max 77 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.35.1450 Other numbers: 2120

Search terms: Transport and Travel, Ritual and Ceremonial, Figure, Footrest, Ceremonial Object

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