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English: Gravepost (Aloalo)   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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English: Gravepost (Aloalo)
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English: Wood commerative post called aloala made of 3 pairs of crescents back to back alternating with 3 pairs of diamonds back to back. Post surmounted by platform on which are 2 kneeling figures. The larger figure (male) wears a hat and a short tunic and holds a horn in his left hand while his right hand is extended to touch the forehead of the woman kneeling in front of him (as if to annoint her). Separate two-tiered base.
English: Aloalo are commemorative grave markers used by royal Mahafaly clans. These posts symbolize a union between dead and living family members. Here a man holds a horn filled with medicine in one hand and extends the other to anoint a kneeling woman in a healing ceremony.
Date 20th century
date QS:P571,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Dimensions 53 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (135.9 x 24.8 x 14 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q632682
Current location
Arts of Africa collection South Gallery, 1st Floor
Accession number
69.10
Credit line Carl H. de Silver Fund, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, and the Robert A. Levinson Fund
Notes
  • Culture: Ambovombe, Madagascar
  • Place made: Ambovombe, Madagascar
Source/Photographer Online Collection of Brooklyn Museum; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 69.10_PS1.jpg
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