Funerary Post (Kikango)

Giriama people, Mijikenda group, Kenya, African

20th century

  • Titles Funerary Post (Kikango) (Descriptive)
  • Medium wood
  • Dimensions 66 1/4 × 5 × 2 in. (168.3 × 12.7 × 5.1 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Gene Hackman, 1987.198.1
  • Work Type funerary post
  • Classification Sculpture

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