Wooden painted bird with black pigment. Carved wings, the sides and tips of which are painted or stained with black pigment. Rectangular protrusion at one end, representing the tail feather. The legs are made from two rods. [IL [OPS Move] 25/5/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden painted bird with black pigment. Carved wings, the sides and tips of which are painted or stained with black pigment. Rectangular protrusion at one end, representing the tail feather. The legs are made from two rods. [IL [OPS Move] 25/5/2017]
Long description: Wooden painted bird with black pigment. Rounded head with pointed, conical beak. Carved wings, the sides and tips of which are painted or stained with black pigment. Rectangular protrusion at one end, representing the tail feather. The legs are made from two rods inserted into two drilled holes on the underside of the figure. [IL [OPS Move] 25/5/2017]
Geographical reference: Tanzania, United Republic of
Africa > Eastern Africa > Tanzania, United Republic of; Mozambique
Africa > Eastern Africa > Mozambique
Cultural groups: Makonde
Person: Field collector Miss M. Roe; Field collector Universities' Mission to Central Africa; PRM source George Reginald Carline
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1921
Date collected: By 1921
Acquisition information: Donated: 1921
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Process Painted, Process Carved, Process Drilled, Process Stained
Dimensions: Height: max 148 mm, Length: max 250 mm, Width: max 88 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1921.23.13
Research and responses: There is a short note and drawing of this object in RDF [AP 3/5/2001]