Tall wooden figure (part a) standing on a circular base; the figure's arms are detached (parts b and c). Figure is wearing a beige police uniform with a black peaked cap and black boots. The uniform has a black belt, black cross-body strap, and two brown, green, and orange metal rectangles on the chest. Two metal buttons are below these rectangles, and three more buttons are on the centre of the figure's chest. There is also a button on the figure's cap. Four nails surround the figure's left shoulder. The figure's right arm (part b) originally extended down, next to the body, with the right hand open. The figure's left arm (part c) originally extended straight out from the body, with the left hand pointing.

• Iconographic Meaning

  Represents a colonial era officer.

• Narrative

  Collected by Fred Haack in Tanzania. Acquired by the Kelowna Museum (now Okanagan Heritage Museum) in 1996.

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• Type of Item figure
• Culture Makonde
• Material wood, paint, metal
• Measurements height 117.7 cm, width 18.2 cm, depth 19.8 cm (part a) height 52.0 cm, width 3.5 cm, depth 3.9 cm (part b) height 48.7 cm, width 3.7 cm, depth 3.9 cm (part c)

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• Previous Owner Fred E. Haack, Okanagan Heritage Museum
• Received from Okanagan Heritage Museum

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• Made in Tanzania

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• Collection Date between 1979 and 1990
• Ownership Date before 1996, before September 14, 2022
• Acquisition Date on September 14, 2022

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• Item Classes carvings & sculpture
• Condition fair
• Accession Number 3595/0010 a-c