Standing Figure

Size:

19,5cm

Region:

Orissa, India

Type:

Standing figure

Material:

Metal with a clay-core

Condition:

good

Description:

A standing male figure with a ceremonial knife (broken) and an axe (tangi). He is a participant of a buffalo sacrifice

Similar Piece in Mallebrein, picture 509

The Mahlia-Kond live in the tribal-area of Orissa in the north-east of India

From the middle of the 19th century till the beginning of the 20th century nomadic blacksmiths manufactured these statues for the Kond in cire perdue (lost-wax technique)

For more information please read the article by Barbara Boal in “Publications”

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