Tall thin human figure off light wood, burnt in places to give mottled effect. [ILL [OPS move] 7/8/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Tall thin human figure off light wood, burnt in places to give mottled effect. [ILL [OPS move] 7/8/2017]
Long description: Tall thin human figure off light wood, burnt in places to give mottled effect. Facial features have been carved in relief, and the figure has a narrow elongated neck and torso. Standing on a flat ovoid base. Fingers, toes, and navel incised. Gender unspecified. [ILL [OPS move] 7/8/2017]
Geographical reference: South Sudan
Africa > Eastern Africa > South Sudan
Cultural groups: Dinka
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Ione Tayler
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1993
Date collected: By 1993
Acquisition information: Donated: 12/1993
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Burnt, Process Incised
Dimensions: Width: max 144 mm, Depth: max 75 mm, Height: max 736 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1993.71.1
Research and responses: This attribution may need to be checked, as according to one source, the Dinka do not have a tradition of wooden funerary sculpture, although apparently the Anuak did use sculpted posts to decorate enclosures (Krüger 2002, 94-5). Is this a more recent development within Dinka material culture, or is it an object that should perhaps be attributed to another group? [RTS 3/11/2003].

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