Funerary Post (kigango)

Giriama people, Mijikenda group, Kenya, African

20th century

  • Titles Funerary Post (kigango) (Descriptive)
  • Medium wood
  • Dimensions 69 × 6 × 3 1/2 in. (175.3 × 15.2 × 8.9 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Ritt Berry, 1987.201.5
  • Work Type funerary post
  • Classification Sculpture

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Collector number EWGH 28
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