Staff male figure
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Staff male figure
[ Source of title : Vanessa Chen for FHYA using Nessa Leibhammers SAHRIS spreadsheet for JAG materials and JAG catalogue card ]
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JAG 1999-10-3
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Description [Source - Debra Pryor for FHYA, 2022, using spreadsheet created by Nessa Leibhammer for SAHRIS, from JAG materials in 2015: Object description: Staff with standing male figure finial. He wears a small pubic covering (beshu) and one behind. His arms are folded across his waist and he has a tall cylindrical hairstyle with a headring ontop. He has no feet and his legs rest on a flat platform at the top of the shaft. He has a goatee beard Object form type: staff male figure; Object material type: wood, pokerwork; Technique: carving, pokerwork; Colours: Brown, back; Dimension comment: ; Object age: late 19th to early 20th century; Production place: South-East Africa; Cultural association: Tsonga/Northern Nguni; Place of use: South-East Africa; Provenance: .]
| Event Actor | Event Type | Event Date | Event Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Hundred Year Archive (FHYA) | Online curation | 2022- | |
| South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) | Digitisation | 2015 | |
| Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) | Custody | 1999 | |
| Anglo American Johannesburg Centenary Trust (AAJCT) | Donation | 1999 | |
| Anglo American Johannesburg Centenary Trust (AAJCT) | Purchase | [19-?] | |
| Michael Stevenson Fine Art | Collection | [19-?] | |
| No attribution | Making | late 19th to early 20th century |
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