Standing male figure

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Description

wood, matt middle brown patina, traces of black pigment, the right arm raised, possibly once holding a spear, the body originally sewn in finely woven cotton fabric, slightly dam., cracks, missing parts (both foot tips, headdress), metal plate;
very little is known about early figurative sculpture of the Sakalava. Apparently the Madagasy people considered nakedness to be particularly disasterful, and genitals have not been included in the sculpture.

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Comparing literature

Jack, Anthony, Africa, Relics of the Colonial Era, London 1991, cover

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