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The sculpture shows a male figure sitting with his legs pulled under him. He wears a tall, cylindrical headdress that narrows upwards. A snake winds on the front of the sculpture against the man’s gender. The sculpture is painted red with details in black and white.
See Bodrogi, 1961, p. 67.
The sculpture is locally referred to as Goam according to the general catalogue.
Title: figur, skulptur, snidad figur, sculpture, statue, figure, goam
Description:
The sculpture shows a male figure sitting with his legs pulled under him.
He wears a tall, cylindrical headdress that narrows upwards.
A snake winds on the front of the sculpture against the man’s gender.
The sculpture is painted red with details in black and white.
See Bodrogi, 1961, p.
67.
The sculpture is locally referred to as Goam according to the general catalogue.
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