figure (communication artefact)

Red pottery Nativity figure of wise man / king, attribute in right hand is missing, 'Flora' engraved on base (name of artist).

This standing figure is sculpted from clay and was purchased as part of a set of Nativity figures in the early 1990s. It is thought to depict one of the three wise men, but may alternatively represent a shepherd. It comes from Amukura, an Iteso village in South-West Kenya, on the border with Uganda. The whole set was made by a local artist, Mama Flora Lagola. The first mission to Amukura was the Catholic Mill Hill Mission, which travelled from London to Kenya in 1937.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
1998.281
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 290 x 105 x 80 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
pottery
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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