Medium: Wood, pigment, lime
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Dates:20th century
Dimensions: 35 1/2 x 48 x 8 1/2 in. (90.2 x 121.9 x 21.6 cm)
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Accession Number: 86.230.3a-b
Image: 86.230.3a-b_SL1.jpg,
Catalogue Description: The male grave marker consists of an upright phallic-shaped post perpendicular to a boat-shaped base. The base has areas of decorative carving some of which are filled with lime. From catalogue card: Male gravemarker. Wood, pigment, lime (?). Composed of parts; base and upright. Monaxial base shaped like a ship; long rectangular body decorated along sides with white lime-inlaid interlocking volutes; elaborately curvilinear openwork planar spine bifurcates and extends body. Upright tangs fit into top of base; reduced shapes suggesting body, neck, and head; very little surface articulation. Traces of blue pigment. Condition: Weathered; one end of ship's openwork broken off; long, deep cracks top of base; dried dirt packed into crevices; small crack and chip on other end of openwork; pitting on neck and top of upright's head.