Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in pencil on the other male figure's forehead: 'Boran'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in pencil on the central figure's forehead: 'Konso'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Production / use)
Hodson (1919:70-71) gives the following description of Konso grave markers: 'To the south of Gardula there is a native race called Konso... Their graves are the most interesting I ever saw, with a carved image of the dead man and, by his side, his wife, and then on each side images of the different people and animals he has killed in his lifetime, each race shown by a different image. Abyssinians are always shown riding a mule; the Boran has a distinct type, the natives of Sidano another. There are also different signs for elephant, giraffe, lion, etc., so that any old man can tell you at a glance the bag of the deceased man. Some of them must have been great warriors, as I have myself counted up to twenty images of the people the deceased had killed during his lifetime.'
Event Date 2/1919
Author: Mark Elliott

Context (References)
See Hodson, Arnold. 1919. 'Southern Abyssinia'. The Geographical Journal, February 1919, Vol. 53, No. 2, pp.70-71 for his description of Konso graves.




Event Date 2/1919
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
Accession Register: '22.1538 a,b,c. Upper portion of 3 wooden figures. South Abyssinia. Arnold Hodson C.M.G. Konso Tomb Group.'
Event Date 1922
Author: Mark Elliott

Description (Physical description)
Large cracks in wood, with white accretions in cracks.
Event Date 2/6/2003
Author: Mark Elliott

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1922.1538 A-C: 'The upper portion of wooden figures with teeth and eyes and bone. The entire figures formed a tomb group, representing: A. The Konso man for whom grave was made. B. His wife. C. A Boran man whom he had killed.
Event Date 17/2/2022
Author: Lily Stancliffe