
3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of four carved wooden figures marking a Konso grave. The effigies represent the dead man, flanked by his wife and killed enemies.
Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers Museum.
Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers Museum.
Image Details
Accession Number
2004.130.37687.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Ethiopia
Cultural Group
Konso
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
1959
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