Figure

Carved and painted wooden figure of a man playing a nose flute. The figure has a narrow, long oval-shaped head. His eyes are shell inlay. He has a long nose with large nostrils. His mouth is formed of a slit in the wood. Attached to his nose is a long flute that has a zigzag edge that faces outwards. He holds the flute in his left hand and it connects with his body again at his lower torso. The man’s pectoral muscles are very pronounced. His right arm is rounded at the end and does not have a hand. The man is standing and his knees are slightly bent. He does not have feet instead his calves connect to a two-level base. From the back of the figure, one can see that his lower spine is curved and that his buttocks are sticking out. He has pronounced buttocks muscles. There is an inscription carved into the bottom of the object.