Tomb sculpture

Description

Carved wooden tomb sculpture (aloalo) or grave marker, wood, with conoidal base and flat perforated shank carved with dentates and topped by the figure of a zebu cow: Africa, Eastern Africa, Madagascar, Amparihy, Mahafaly people

Museum reference

A.1963.739

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Tomb sculpture, Grave marker

Production information

Unknown
Amparihy, Madagascar, Eastern Africa

Style / Culture

Mahafaly

Materials

Wood

Physical description

Wood; flat perforated shank carved with dentates and surmounted by the figure of a zebu cow

Exhibitions

• Patterns of Life (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 1 »
world cultures, patterns of life