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About this object

Narrative

These pieces were in the collection of the Arch Bishop of Nairobi, circa 1945.

Cultural context

An early example of Kamba tourist art.

Physical description

Brown wood carving representing an African soldier (bugler?), with vertical tribal scars on his cheeks. He wears a cylindrical hat, belt, and adornments across the chest, and over the shoulders and stands on a rectangular wooden base.