Wooden figure of a man wearing a jacket, shirt and tie and flat cap, holding a book under his arm.

Item

Title

Wooden figure of a man wearing a jacket, shirt and tie and flat cap, holding a book under his arm.

Creator

Creator Unrecorded

Subject

Figure

Description

Wooden figure of a man in European style clothes, possibly a representation of a missionary. The figure has naturalistically carved facial features and short, straight hair under a flat cap. He wears a jacket, shirt and tie, with darker coloured trousers and shoes. The figure has individually carved, slightly bowed legs standing on a flat round base. The man is holding a book under his arm.

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

c.1930

Type

PhysicalObject

Format

Wood; Plant
Carved

Identifier

ETH.ANG2.1289
A36/12A36/11789

Source

The Powell-Cotton Museum
Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton
1936

Space/Place

Huíla [province], Caconda [town]
Angola
Africa

Rights

© The Powell-Cotton Trust