Carving
About this object
Narrative
Purchased from a shop in the airport lounge at the Entebbe Airport, August 1972.
Physical description
Carving featuring three elongated faces entangled in a framework of long limbs. Each face has large round bulging eyes and a pained expression. The smallest face at the top lacks any features other than eyes and a wide open mouth, which may have had two teeth. The central face has a broad nose, and three teeth. The lowest face, which rests on the base, has a nose which blends into the upper lip, and a small toothless open mouth. Mound-like base with vertical concave grooves carved.
Categories
Materials
Date Made
Before 1972
Date Acquired
12 Apr 2018
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Measurements
Overall: 66 cm x 12.7 cm
Object Number
3283/12