General
General
Object Auto ID
21449
Alternate Codes
objectautoid_sahrisv1_27666
Common Name
female initiation figure
Classified Name
FIGURE
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

Standing female figure leaning slightly forward wearing a front skirt, a swallow-tail back skirt decorated with a triangular band at the top and a small pleated top. Hair is in a mop-like style and her eyes are closed. She has bangles around her ankles

Provenance

Bought from Michael Graham-Stewart in London as AmaZona

Related Object(s)
Johannesburg Art Gallery Collection
Current Owner/Responsible Custodian
Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG)
Description
Material Types
Wood
Technique Types
Carving
Colours
Brown
Black
Measurement Type Unit Value
History
Object Age Comment
19th to early 20th century
Cultural Association
Pedi
Collector Comment
Udo Horstman
Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
Site Association
x y z
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