DepartmentAsia

Pair of Dignitaries

NameSculpture

Artist Artist not recorded

MediumWood, paint

DimensionsOther (Dignitary (A) (with no hands)): 13 × 5 5/8 × 3 1/8 in. (33 × 14.3 × 8 cm)
Other ((Dignitary B) (With one hand)): 13 × 5 5/8 × 3 1/8 in. (33 × 14.3 × 8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Mrs. Dwight B. Heard, A.1949.1.25V

Object numberA.1949.1.25V

Collections

Maie Bartlett Heard Collection

DescriptionPair of wooden dignitaries, painted in polychrome; (a) right hand held upward, head turned to left; (b) both hands gone, feet chipped, head turned to right.