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Figura
Figura
While most of Nuristan's wooden sculptures with schematised human forms have been destroyed, they have enabled experts to conjecture that ancient polytheistic and animistic forms of worship used to exist, despite the lack of written testimonies. Although ancient stone sculptures seem to have disappeared entirely, several wooden examples have been preserved, some of which are of considerable size.…
Creator
- kafir
- Abdul Halim Sharar
Type of item
- figures (representations)
- Figure
Medium
- wood (plant material)
- Wood
Creator
- kafir
- Abdul Halim Sharar
Type of item
- figures (representations)
- Figure
Medium
- wood (plant material)
- Wood
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Rights
- Museu de Cultures del Món
Creation date
Places
- Afghanistan
Identifier
- MEB 197-8
- http://hdl.handle.net/10970/objects/H549042
Extent
- 32,5 x 9,5 x 6,3 cm
Providing country
- Spain
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2015-06-15T16:28:44.425Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-04-13T14:59:18.258Z