Two memorial plaques ·  Madagascar, Sakalava · ID: 3052641

Description

wood, pigments, miniature glassbeads, male and female, handwritten collection no. on the reverse “Collect J-Y-L - 69 - 2279” (on both), sticker “Jean-Yves Coué Nantes No 178” (female plaque), letters “AG” burned into the wood (male plaque)

For a comparable object, see AHDRC 0174919.

These may be memorial plaques, as Madagascan art is strongly linked to burial traditions.