Funerary Post / Artist Unknown, African, Mahafaly, Madagascar
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.72
- Title
- Funerary Post
- Artist Nationality
- Malagasy
- Medium and Support
- wood
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Robbins Center for Cross Cultural Communications in memory of Warren M. Robbins
- Dimensions
- 143.51 x 19.69 x 20.32 cm (56 1/2 x 7 3/4 x 8 in.)
- Physical Description
- A wooden post of stacked geometric forms and a small seated figure on top, seated at a table.
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- ceremonies
- concepts in the arts
- cultural ceremonies
- events
- forms of expression
- objects we use
- people and culture
- rites of passage
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1846 x 4962
- File Size
- 137 KB
- Record
- 2014/2.72
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2014-sl-2.72/2014_2.72.jpg
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"Funerary Post; Artist Unknown, African, Mahafaly, Madagascar." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2014-sl-2.72/2014_2.72.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 02, 2024.