Effigy

Object/Artifact

Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

Effigy

Entry/Object ID

1998.11.30.04

Description

Burial effigy

Acquisition

Accession

1998.11

Source or Donor

Albert R. Spalding, Virginia Spalding

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Albert R. and Virginia Spalding

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Northern Waigal Valley

Country

Afghanistan

Culture/Tribe

Nurastani

Notes

Nuristan’s Northern Waigal Valley

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Effigy

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Sculpture, Funerary

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Funerary Objects

Nomenclature Class

Ceremonial Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

9 in

Width

6-3/4 in

Material

Wood, Glass

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Cultural/Historical Context

Label

Nuristani burial effigy with mounted rider. This is an example of the occasional inclusion of animals into the effigy form.