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Anthromorphic funerary statuettes - Culture Komaland

Culture Komaland and Fundación Alberto Jiménez-Arellano Alonso de la Universidad de ValladolidSiglos XII al XVI

Fundación Alberto Jiménez-Arellano Alonso - Universidad de Valladolid

Fundación Alberto Jiménez-Arellano Alonso - Universidad de Valladolid
Valladolid, Spain

At this time the collection of the Alberto Jiménez-Arellano Alonso Foundation includes forty small Komaland terracotta statues, which may be classified into three groups according to their typology. The three group are simple heads in conical form, some of which present a greater tendency for abstraction then others. It is difficult to determine the sex, but several wear the pointed beard which is habitual in masculine figures. The lower part of the figures, which has disappeared in the majority of cases, would be pointed, probably to facilitate their being half-buried around the funeral barrow. Im this way only the head would remain on the exterior and be visible.

Details

  • Title: Anthromorphic funerary statuettes - Culture Komaland
  • Creator: Culture Komaland, Fundación Alberto Jiménez-Arellano Alonso de la Universidad de Valladolid
  • Date: Siglos XIII al XVII
  • Date Created: Siglos XII al XVI
  • Date Published: 2014-03-07
  • Location Shown: Sala Renacimiento
  • Location Stored: Palacio de Santa Cruz de Valladolid
  • Location: Ghana, Fundación Alberto Jiménez-Arellano Alonso de la Universidad de Valladolid
  • Location Created: Ghana
  • Location Published: Fundación Alberto Jiménez-Arellano Alonso de la Universidad de Valladolid
  • Original Language: En
  • Subject Keywords: African Sculpture
  • Type: African sculpture
  • Publisher: Fundación Alberto Jiménez-Arellano Alonso de la Universidad de Valladolid
  • Rights: Fundación Alberto Jiménez-Arellano Alonso de la Universidad de Valladolid
  • External Link: Figura antropomorfa funeraria
  • Medium: Imagen JPG

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