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Stone Engraving: Human Figure

5000-1000 BCE | Unbekannter Meister der San

This piece is part of a collection of 165 San stone engravings that the physician and “traveller” Emil Holub had donated to the Ethnographic Department of the Natural History Museum. For a long time, this collection was considered the highlight of the African collections. The engraving might depict a mythical figure or a shaman in trance.

This piece is part of a collection of 165 San stone engravings that the physician and “traveller” Emil Holub had donated to the Ethnographic Department of the Natural History Museum. For a long time, this collection was considered the highlight of the African collections. The engraving might depict a mythical figure or a shaman in trance.

Collection:
Emil Holub (1847 - 1902) DNB

Time:
5000-1000 BCE

Object Name
Stone Engraving: Human Figure

Culture
San

Material/technology:
Stone

Copyright
Weltmuseum Wien

Collection area
Sub-Saharan Africa

Invs.
57464

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