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Rare figural fragment of a "great man"

North Pakistan, Kalash Kafirs

Provenance Size Starting price / estimated price
Renaud Vanuxem, Paris, France H: 22.8 inch This object is not available anymore.

wood, traces of weathering, base

One or two years after the actual burial, the relatives would place memorial or ancestor figures for important men (and women), such as the present one, either near the dead or along the paths leading to the cemetery. This occasion was marked by feasts in the whole village.


Rare figural fragment of a "great man"
Rare figural fragment of a "great man"
Rare figural fragment of a "great man"
Rare figural fragment of a "great man"
Rare figural fragment of a "great man"
Rare figural fragment of a "great man"
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