Aloalo are commemorative grave markers used by royal clans. These posts generally have a shaft decorated with geometric shapes supporting a figure that represents the deceased. In this case, a man holds a horn filled with medicine in his left hand and extends his right hand to anoint a kneeling woman in a healing ceremony.
Catalogue Description:
Wood commerative post called aloala made of 3 pairs of crescents back to back alternating with 3 pairs of diamonds back to back. Post surmounted by platform on which are 2 kneeling figures. The larger figure (male) wears a hat and a short tunic and holds a horn in his left hand while his right hand is extended to touch the forehead of the woman kneeling in front of him (as if to annoint her). Separate two-tiered base.
