memorial/funerary statue (waga)
carved wood, red pigment, bone, mounted
20th century
Konso people
Ethiopia
height (not including base): 118.5 cm
provenance: acquired in Ethiopia, by the present owner, Jack Daulton
Standing on a lotus base flanked by an attendant and a small figure of
the elephant Nalagiri crouching beside him, wearing a closely fitted sanghati
with his left hand raised holding the tip of his robe, backed by an arched
mandorla with flame border and two stupas flanking his head
