Funerary Post (kigango)

Giriama people, Mijikenda group, Kenya, African

20th century

  • Titles Funerary Post (kigango) (Descriptive)
  • Medium wood
  • Dimensions 76 × 5 × 1 1/2 in. (193 × 12.7 × 3.8 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Ritt Berry, 1987.201.6
  • Work Type funerary post
  • Classification Sculpture

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