A SOUTHERN ABELAM MALE FIGURE, standing with the hands on the hips, the slender body with prominent navel, the chest conceived as three downward-pointing spikes, the lower abdomen as three upward-pointing spikes above the prominent sex, a raised rim bordering the face with the features in relief, an arched panel above the head, a pierced lug each side of the neck, incised chevrons on the shoulders, the joints carved in relief, dark crusty patina with some erosion, from Roma village

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A SOUTHERN ABELAM MALE FIGURE, standing with the hands on the hips, the slender body with prominent navel, the chest conceived as three downward-pointing spikes, the lower abdomen as three upward-pointing spikes above the prominent sex, a raised rim bordering the face with the features in relief, an arched panel above the head, a pierced lug each side of the neck, incised chevrons on the shoulders, the joints carved in relief, dark crusty patina with some erosion, from Roma village
1m.41cm. high

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Cf. Koch, 1968, fig.50, for a similar figure in the Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin

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